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IOR/R/15/6/428
- Record Id:
- 040-000242930
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000cb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056083246.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/428
- Title:
- File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT
- Scope & Content:
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman:
Topics discussed include:
- Use of airfields by Petroleum Concessions Limited
- Explorations in Oman by the Iraq Petroleum Company
- A map of concession areas in the Middle East
- Demarcation of the Muscat/Aden boundary
- Explorations for oil in Hadhramaut, Mahra, and Dhofar.
Included in the file is a copy (folio 83) of the letter in 1929 from Sultan Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd to the Political Agent, Muscat (Gerald Patrick Murphy concerning the boundaries of Dhofar province.
Also included (ff 94-95) are the 'Instructions to Field Party for Geological Reconnaissance of Southeastern Hadramhaut, the Mahra and Dhofar'.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent, Muscat (Ralph Ingham Hollows); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (William Rupert Hay); the Political Agent, Bahrain; Iraq Petroleum Company (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg); the Manager, Petroleum Concessions (Trucial Coast) Limited, (Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte); and Representative for Petroleum Concessions (Trucial Coast) Limited (Richard Bird).
- 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
040-000242930 - 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/15/6/428 : File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0015]/038-000242924[0006]/040-000242930
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (217 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000cb
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 13 Apr 1936-21 Dec 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 219; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- File 14/1/6
- 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)