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IOR/R/15/1/397
- Record Id:
- 040-000227848
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000172
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023443149.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/397
- Title:
- File 35/64 III Minerals in Oman. Madrasai geologists' researches
- Scope & Content:
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This file consists of correspondence relating to minerals in Oman. The main correspondents are Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Agent, Muscat; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, Political Resident Persian Gulf. Correspondence discusses coal in the Samhan Hills, in Dhofar, report of coal in Oman; export of coal from Sur; French interest. The presence of lead and manganese is also discussed.
There is a map (folio 19) of the geology of the eastern part of Oman from Muscat to Ras al-Hadd.
Two black and white photographs pasted into the volume on folios 50v and 51r show scenes in Dhofar (Dhufar) province.
The photographs accompany a nine-page report (folios 48r-53r) dated 14 January 1907, by Major W. G. Grey on a visit to the province of Dhofar. Three additional photographs, on folios 49r, 49v and 51r have been lost or removed from the volume.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227841
040-000227848 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/391-467 : File 35: Muscat
IOR/R/15/1/397 : File 35/64 III Minerals in Oman. Madrasai geologists' researches - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/397, f 19 : Geological sketch map of part of Oman from Muscat to Ras al-Hadd
IOR/R/15/1/397, f 50r : General view of the ruins of Al Bilad from the fort, with Dahariz in the distance.
IOR/R/15/1/397, f 51r : View of Al Bilad fort from the south, Samhan hills in the background, a mosque in front.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/1/397 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0011]/038-000227841[0007]/040-000227848
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (132 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000172
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1901
- End Date:
- 1912
- Date Range:
- 23 Jan 1901-31 Jul 1912
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: The foliation sequence consists of pencil numbers, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio. The sequence commences on the front cover (although the number itself has been written on the inside of the cover), and concludes on the last folio. Foliation anomalies: 1A, 1B, 1C, 77A, 77B, 117A, 117B. The file also contains a former pagination sequence consisting of numbers written in blue crayon or pencil, which commences on folio 4 with the number 1. Only pages with writing on them have been paginated.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 35/64 III
Confidential Series: A 20 - Arrangement:
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On folio 1A there is a typed contents page. On folio 2 there is a hand-written 'index of references'. The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)