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IOR/R/15/6/442
- Record Id:
- 040-000242944
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000d9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055623488.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/442
- Title:
- 14/6 Vol I OFF SHORE OIL
- Scope & Content:
-
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to offshore oil and the definition of territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.
The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues:
- A Saudi proclamation regarding seabed and subsoil rights and decree defining territorial waters
- A Persian Government draft Bill on seabed rights (folio 27)
- A draft declaration (folio 38) of the Muscat government and other Arab coast rulers.
Further discussion (ff 31-33) surrounds the concern of the Governments of the United Kingdom and the United States to establish agreed jurisdiction to allow seabed drilling by oil companies on an agreed basis and prevent claims by other powers.
Also discussed (ff 56-57) is the visit by Bertram Thomas to the Trucial Coast in November 1948 as a representative of an oil company.
Included (ff 9-22) in the file are copies of the 'Royal Pronouncement concerning the policy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with respect to the subsoil and sea Bed areas in the Persian Gulf contiguous to the coasts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia'.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (William Rupert Hay); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London (Ernest Bevin); an official of the Foreign Office (Sir Bernard Alexander Brocas Burrows) the Political Agent, Muscat (Randall Erskine Ellison); HM Ambassador to Iran (Sir John Helier Le Rougetel).
- 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
040-000242944 - 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/15/6/442 : 14/6 Vol I OFF SHORE OIL - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0015]/038-000242924[0020]/040-000242944
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (56 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000d9
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1948
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 10 Nov 1948-17 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 58; 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:
- 14/6/1
- 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)