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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Petroleum Concessions Limited, 1935-

1. IOR/L/PS/12/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/233
Title:
PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/458
Title:
PZ 236/41 'Disturbances on the Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, which is forwarded to the Secretary of State for India. The correspondence relates that, on the pretext that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1941-9 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1301
Title:
Ext 574/48 'Roster of employees of Petroleum Concessions Ltd, Bahrain, Petroleum Development (Qatar) Ltd and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd'
Scope & Content:
This file contains the Roster of Employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial Coast. The rosters contain information on the position, date of engagement and the nationality of employees at the various locations of the Concession's operations. Most of the rosters c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1952
Extent:
1 file (57 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1507
Title:
Coll 1/70 'Aden. Oil concessions in the Aden Protectorate'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a request by Petroleum Concessions Limited to be allowed to survey areas of the Aden Protectorate for oil exploration purposes. The file includes a formal request received from the company, plus details of a meeting held between a company representati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1936-6 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2025

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2025
Title:
Coll 5/63 ‘Petroleum Development (Qatar) Ltd: Proposed construction of aerodrome on western side of Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with an application from Petroleum Concessions Limited for a general permission to operate aircraft within Qatar and the wider Persian Gulf; under the Qatar Oil Concession the company was required to seek permission from the Shaikh of Qatar for each flight. There is also co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1937-21 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2100
Title:
Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.'
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence relating to oil and mining concessions in Yemen. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following: Details of a concession for the exploitation of oil and other minerals, reported to have been...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1932-23 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2138
Title:
Coll 6/67(5) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar (Khor al Odeid)'
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Muscat (i.e. the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Much of the correspondence relates to British concerns that oil companies operating ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1937-11 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 volume in 2 parts (391 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2139
Title:
Coll 6/67(6) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar: Trucial Coast Oil Concessions'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically its border with Qatar. The correspondence and memoranda near the beginning of the volume discuss from a British perspective the origins and recent history of the boundary dispute, which is d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1940-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2149
Title:
Coll 6/76 'Saudi Arabia: Oil concessions over the Red Sea littoral.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily relates to oil concessions in Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea coast. Much of the correspondence discusses the progress and outcome of negotiations between the Saudi Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence includes discussion of the following: Whether ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1936-14 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2152
Title:
Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to oil concessions in south-eastern Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence discusses British concerns regarding the possibility of oil being discovered in the Ruba' al Khali [Rubʻ al Khālī], and the bearing that such a discovery might have on the question of the eastern and s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1936-19 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)