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121. IOR/R/15/6/434

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/434
Title:
File 14/2 Gwadar Oil
Scope & Content:
The file comprises four items of correspondence in the period 1939 to 1950 relating to a concession for prospecting for oil in Gwadur (at that time a dependency of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Issues discussed include the withdrawal in 1939 of the Burma Oil Company from negotiations with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1939-17 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

122. IOR/R/15/6/435

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/435
Title:
File 14/3 OIL FIELDS IN THE GULF OUTSIDE MUSCAT TERRITORY
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to negotiations for concessions to undertake oil exploration in the Gulf. The file includes (ff 5-9) a letter from the Secretary of State for India, London, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven William Fowle). This letter has...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1935-4 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

123. IOR/R/15/6/436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/436
Title:
File 14/3 Oilfields in the Gulf outside Muscat territory
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oilfields in the Gulf excluding Muscat territory. The discussion in the file relates to: Negotiations over concessions for oil exploration in the Trucial Coast The impact of the negotiations on the behav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1936-11 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

124. IOR/R/15/6/445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/445
Title:
File 14/15 Middle East Oil
Scope & Content:
The file is comprised of a paper produced by the Political Intelligence Centre (Middle East Forces): 'Paper No. 80: Middle East Oil' dated 28 March 1946. The paper (ff 4-17) includes a précis and then lists the oil-producing countries of the Middle East with their oil concessions and assessmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1946-2 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

125. Mss Eur F111/69A

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/69A
Title:
Foreign Office Papers: Persia
Scope & Content:
This item comprises printed Foreign Office correspondence relating to Persia [Iran], covering geopolitical, political, economic, social and cultural matters. The despatches are dated 18 December 1891-30 June 1897. The first page of each despatch includes the heading ‘ASIA. CONFIDENTIAL.’ on the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Dec 1891-30 Jun 1897
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

126. Mss Eur F111/71

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/71
Title:
Correspondence, Printed Papers and Newspaper Cuttings Relating to the Persian Bank Mining Rights Corporation Ltd
Scope & Content:
These papers, which are spread across two volumes, contain material relating to mines and mining rights in Persia, and more specifically to the affairs of the Persian Bank Mining Rights Corporation Limited, of which George Nathaniel Curzon was a director. The first part (26 March 1890-27 March...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1 Jul 1889-20 Dec 1892
Extent:

2 volumes (276 folios)