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IOR/R/15/6/426
- Record Id:
- 040-000242928
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000c9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100071576406.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/426
- Title:
- File XIV A/1 IV 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 issues:
- Aviation petrol and oil for exploration parties
- Employment of American geologists
- Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhfoar), including 'pre-emption clauses' in event of national emergency or war whereby the UK could take control of oil produced in Oman (ff 32-34)
- Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions, Petroleum Concessions (Oman and Dhofar), and Petroluem Concessions (Trucial Coast)
- Letters from the Wali of various towns and districts
- Muscat Oil Agreement negotiations.
Included in the volume is a report by Captain John Baron Howes, Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, 'Report on special duty in connection with the exploration party of Petroleum Concessions Limited in the Dhahira' including two hand drawn sketch maps as appendices: 'Appendix 1: Sketch map of Baraimi Oasis approximately to scale' (ff 188-198).
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); the Political Agent, Bahrain (Hugh Weightman).
- 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
040-000242928 - 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/15/6/426 : File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0015]/038-000242924[0004]/040-000242928
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (227 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000c9
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 16 Sep 1938-12 Jun 1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 218; 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 2-218; 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 XIV A/1 IV
- 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)