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5551. IOR/L/PS/12/3836

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3836
Title:
Coll 30/110(2) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast. Negotiations with Sheikhs. Ras-al-Khaimah Agreement. Abu Dhabi.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations between Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and the rulers of several states on the Trucial Coast over oil concession agreements. Petroleum Concessions Limited was the company approved by the British Government to seek oil concessions in the area; it later operated...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1936-15 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (453 folios)

5552. IOR/L/PS/12/3837

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3837
Title:
Coll 30/110(3) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concessions: Hinterland Exploration and Survey. Trucial Coast Boundaries. Trucial Coast Surveys 1938-9.'
Scope & Content:
The file relates to geological survey work carried out by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (and its subsidiaries Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited) to identify productive sources of oil in the hinterland of the Trucial Coast and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1937-2 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (500 folios)

5553. IOR/L/PS/12/3838

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3838
Title:
Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

5554. IOR/L/PS/12/3838, f 58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3838, f 58
Title:
Sketch Map Showing Proposed Border between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
1 map

5555. IOR/L/PS/12/3838, f 68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3838, f 68
Title:
Sketch Map of Western Boundary of Dhofar
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:

1 map

5556. IOR/L/PS/12/3839

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3839
Title:
Coll 30/110(5) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concessions: Umm-Al-Quwain Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of an oil concession agreement between Shaikh Ahmad Bin Rashid [Aḥmad bin Rāshid Āl Mu‘allā], Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain (also referred to as Umm-Al-Quwain) and Petroleum Concessions Limited. The papers include copies of the agreement (signed on 20 March 1945); copies...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-17 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (96 folios)

5557. IOR/L/PS/12/3840

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3840
Title:
Coll 30/111 'British Naval Stations in: Establishments at Khor Quwai and Bahrain. Evacuation of Henjam and Basidu.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū, Qeshm], in Iran (generally referred to in the papers as Persia), and the transfer of naval facilities to a new main station at Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and a subsidiary statio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1934-4 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (572 folios)

5558. IOR/L/PS/12/3840, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3840, f 6
Title:
BAHREIN. SITE of POSSIBLE NAVAL BASE. (From Admty Chart No. 3540).
Scope & Content:
The map shows part of Bahrein [Bahrain] Island including al Menama [Manama] and Muharrak [Muharraq]. Inscribed 'N.S.(P.D.) April 1937'. A note states that 'The area enclosed by the dotted line is Government land'. The map includes manuscript annotations in red ink signed by JGL [John Gilbert Lait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1933 - 4 May 1937
Extent:
1 map

5559. IOR/L/PS/12/3841

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3841
Title:
Coll 30/112 'Koweit: Saudi-Koweit Frontier Incidents.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an incursion into the territory of Koweit [Kuwait] by an armed party of Saudi Arabian subjects in May 1935, their return to Saudi Arabia by the Kuwait authorities, and subsequent diplomatic contacts over the incident between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1935-5 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

5560. IOR/L/PS/12/3842

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3842
Title:
Coll 30/113 'Position of the Trucial Sheikhdoms in international law: Definition of Bahrain and Shargah in connection with the Import Duties Act 1932.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the question of whether Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein), the Trucial Coast, and Kuwait should be considered part of the British Empire for the purposes of import duties and international agreements. The issue is mainly discussed in terms of the Import Duties Act, 1932 (co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1929-24 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (264 folios)

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