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IOR/R/15/6/424
- Record Id:
- 040-000242926
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000c7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048152749.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/424
- Title:
- File 14/1 II Oil concession in Muscat
- Scope & Content:
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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 main issues:
- Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited
- Discussions with Standard Oil of California regarding the awarding of a separate concession for Dhofar
- The proposed exploration by Petroleum Concessions Limited of the area adjacent to Oman's mountain range
- The negotiations concerned with an agreement for an oil concession in 'Muscat territory'
- Demarcation of boundaries between Muscat and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms.
Included in the volume is a copy of the draft agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions (Trucial Coast) Ltd (ff 59-65).
The file also includes a report (ff 106-114) by the Political Agent, Bahrain (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, giving his views on how the 'advent of oil must alter our policy on the Trucial Coast' and the necessity of penetrating into the interior and communicating with the tribal rulers there. He also discusses the ramifications of this including the demarcation of boundaries. Another document (folio 127) of interest is the 'NOTE ON CONDITIONS IN THE HINTERLAND SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST OF THE TRUCIAL COAST' prepared by Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited. The note concerns the company's assessment of tribal boundaries and implications for development of oil concessions.
Also included (folio 17) is a handwritten letter in Arabic by Sultan Sa'id bin Taimur to the Political Agent, Muscat concerning arrangements for a survey of Dhofar province.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Political Agent, Muscat (Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts); the Secretary of State for India; the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India (M J Clauson); the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Petroleum Concessions Ltd (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242557
038-000242924
040-000242926 - 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/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/70-472 : Muscat Agency, Subject Files
IOR/R/15/6/423-447 : File 14: Trade and Commerce
IOR/R/15/6/424 : File 14/1 II Oil concession in Muscat - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0015]/038-000242924[0002]/040-000242926
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (221 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000c7
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 1 Jun 1937-16 Oct 1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 217; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-217; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
- Former External References:
- File 14/1/2
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)