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IOR/R/15/6/429
- Record Id:
- 040-000242931
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000cc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055827565.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/429
- Title:
- File 14/1 Vol 7 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT [DHOFAR - BURAIMI - HUQF]
- 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
The discussion in the file relates to the exploration for oil by Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited in Dhofar, Buraimi and Huqf.
Further discussion concerns the issues surrounding the renouncement by Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited of the concession for Dhofar and the Iraq Petroleum Company's view on this.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent, Muscat (Ralph Ingram Hollows); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (William Rupert Hay); the Eastern Department, Foreign Office; the Political Agent, Bahrain; General Manager, Iraq Petroleum Company (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg); and the Representative for Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) 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
040-000242931 - 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/15/6/429 : File 14/1 Vol 7 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT [DHOFAR - BURAIMI - HUQF] - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0015]/038-000242924[0007]/040-000242931
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (28 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000cc
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1949
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1 Jan 1949-27 Sep 1949
- 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 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- 14/1/7
- Arrangement:
-
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bird, Richard, employee of the Iraq Petroleum Company, fl 1940-1949
Iraq Petroleum Company, 1912-
Political Agent, Bahrain, 1905-1971
Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971
Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa‘īd Dynasty, 1861-1970 - Subjects:
- Concessions
Oil
Petroleum industry - Places:
- Al Ḩuqf, Oman
Dhofar, Asia, Oman
Huqf, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Oman, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
