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1. IOR/R/15/2/873-891

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/873-891
Title:
File 39: Oil Development
Scope & Content:
The nineteen files forming the 'Oil Development' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Oil Development' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, other British...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1931-1950
Extent:
19 files (844 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/512
Title:
File 53/49 (D 37) Kuwait Oil
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that discusses the following topics: Oil deposits in Syria and the Farsan [Farasan] islands (ff. 9-11, 14-15, 16-20, 22, 24, 28). Negotiations for the construction of oil wells in Kuwait (ff. 4-8, 12, 16, 20-22, 23-32, 36). The prospect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1913-12 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/432
Title:
File 14/2 Vol. I Gwadar oil
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to an oil concession in Gwadur [Gwadar] which formed part of the territories of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and dependencies. The discussion in the volume includes: The application by the Burmah Oil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1937-19 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/1/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/749
Title:
Oil Concessions
Scope & Content:
The file consists of five volumes containing copies of oil concessions in the Persian Gulf region and correspondence between British officials related to them. 1) Persian Gulf - Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait &c. (sic) Correspondence 1932 to July, 1933 (folios 1-140); 2) Qatr [Q...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-c 1964
Extent:

5 volumes (306 folios)

7. 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)

8. IOR/R/15/6/430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/430
Title:
File 14/1 DHOFAR CONCESSION. VOL I
Scope & Content:
This file contains a copy of correspondence dated February 1950 between the British Residency, Bahrain and the Eastern Department, Foreign Office (G W Furlong), copied to the Political Agent, Muscat (Major F C L Chauncy), concerning the abandonment of the Dhofar oil concession. It also contains a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1950-5 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/427

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/427
Title:
File [XIV A/1 V] Oil concessions in Muscat
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory. The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues: Petroleum Concession Limited's exploration in Trucial hinterland and Muscat territory The negotiations...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1939-8 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/431

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/431
Title:
File 14/1 PCL termination of Dhufar concession
Scope & Content:
The file comprises two items of correspondence concerning the termination of the concession held by Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited for oil exploration in Dhofar. The correspondence is between Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1950-3 Jan 1951
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)