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IOR/R/15/6/439
- Record Id:
- 040-000242941
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000d6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049225865.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/439
- Title:
- File 14/5 Mineral deposits in Dhufar
- Scope & Content:
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the search for and potential development of mineral deposits in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
Correspondence in the file includes the discussion of the following issues:
- The availability of reports from 1901 on the coal seams of Sur (ff 2-4)
- Specimens of minerals for identification sent in the 1940s by the Political Agent, Muscat to the Director, Geological Survey of India, Calcutta
- Assessments of the potential economic value of their deposits and arrangements for further surveys
- Activities and interest of American geologists
- Minerals discussed include coal, silver, quartz, lead sulphide, calcium carbonate
- Correspondence relating to the survey of Dhofar and subsequent report 'The geology and mineral resources of Dhufar' province, Muscat and Oman', by the geologist, Sir Cyril Sankey Fox, late Director, Geological Survey of India.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Director, Geological Survey of India; the Political Agent, Muscat (Captain Richard Ernest Bird); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); Political Agent, Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham); and officials of the Government of India.
- 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
040-000242941 - 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/15/6/439 : File 14/5 Mineral deposits in Dhufar - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0015]/038-000242924[0017]/040-000242941
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (202 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000d6
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 5 Sep 1940-17 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 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- File 14/5
- 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)