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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Burmah Oil Company Limited, 1886-1966 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2984

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2984
Title:
Coll 20/24 'Muscat: Oil concessions at Gwadar: Negotiations with Burmah Oil Company and Indian Oil Concessions Ltd'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes regarding oil exploration rights in Gwadur [Gwadar]. Competition for the oil concession in Gwadur was between Indian Oil Concessions Limited and Burmah Oil Company Limited. The papers concern the negotiations between the two companies and the Sultan ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1937-4 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (329 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3857

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3857
Title:
Coll 30/124A 'Koweit (Neutral Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over oil concession rights in the Koweit [Kuwait] Neutral Zone. The Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] exercised joint control over the Neutral Zone with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Shaikh of Kuwait was likely to seek the approval of the British Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1945-5 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (440 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C176
Title:
‘[Persia and Persian Gulf] Concessions (existing and prospective, in which the Political Department has been interested recently)’
Scope & Content:
This file contains handwritten (and in one case, typewritten) notes on a number of concessions relating to Persia and the Persian Gulf, in which the India Office's Political Department held an interest. The concessions are listed at the beginning of the file as follows: 1. Euphrates and Tigris n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1913
Extent:

1 file (16 folios)