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1. IOR/L/PS/10/555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/555
Title:
File 2249/1915 Pt 1 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia & Persia: General File’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning oil exploration and applications for oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and in the frontier region between Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran] during and in the years following the First World War, when Mesopotamia was under British military occupation and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Feb 1918-18 Dec 1919
Extent:

1 volume (234 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/556
Title:
File 2249/1915 Pt 2 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia and Persia: oil; Sir J Cowan's deputation & Standard Oil Co.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to oil exploration and the acquisition of oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq] (and to a lesser degree, Persia [Iran]) by oil companies. The companies involved are: the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC); the Shell Transport Company (STC, also referred to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1921
Extent:

1 volume (294 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/557/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/557/2
Title:
File 2249/1915 Pt 4 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia & Persia. (General File) 1920–24’
Scope & Content:
The item comprises correspondence and other papers concerning oil exploration in territories that were part of the Ottoman Empire prior to the First World War. The item includes: reports on exploratory drilling being undertaken by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) at Naft Khana [Nafţ Khānah],...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1919-20 May 1924
Extent:

1 item (242 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/282
Title:
File 8/90 II ECONOMIC, Agricultural & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSCAT TERRITORY
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the agricultural and industrial development of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The first half of the file concerns a report on the land resources of the province of Dhofar (also spelled as Dhufar), produced by Brian Joseph Hartley, Director of Agriculture, Aden. A copy of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1948-31 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/283
Title:
File 8/90 III ECONOMIC AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSCAT TERRITORY.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to agricultural and industrial development in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The bulk of the file consists of a copy of a report produced by Brian Joseph Hartley, Director of Agriculture, Aden, which is entitled 'A Preliminary Report on the Agricultural Resources of the Bati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1950-1 Jun 1951
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)