The map accompanies a letter on folio 67 of IOR/L/PS/12/3838, from Major Andrew Charles Stewart, the Political Agent, Muscat, to the Political Resident, Persian Gulf. Stewart states in his letter that he has enclosed a tracing taken from one of Bertram Thomas's maps, 'on which the Sultan [of Mus...
Sketch Map Showing Proposed Border between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
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The map accompanies a letter on folio 57 of IOR/L/PS/12/3838, from the Manager, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited to the Political Agent, Bahrain. In the letter the Company suggest that, in view of discussions over the boundaries of the various shaikhdoms on the Trucial Coast, that t...
The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and ...