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IOR/L/PS/12/53
- Record Id:
- 040-000555050
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000147
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100039522200.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/53
- Title:
- PZ 2855/1932 'Southern Arabia: Enquiry from Mr F.B. Lacy regarding possible presence of mineral deposits.'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence regarding the enquiry of F B Lacy relating to the possible presence of mineral deposits in Dhufar and Ubar in Southern Arabia, and the possibility of obtaining permission to prospect in the area from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, with a view to a potential mining concession.
The correspondence is largely between John Charles Walton, the Secretary to the Political Department of the India Office, and F B Lacy. The file also includes correspondence between Walton and Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Agent, Muscat, and between Walton and the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department. Enclosures to the correspondence between Walton and Fowle include a translation of a letter to Fowle from the Sultan of Muscat (folio 16).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555050 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/53 : PZ 2855/1932 'Southern Arabia: Enquiry from Mr F.B. Lacy regarding possible presence of mineral deposits.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0053]/040-000555050
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (25 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000147
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 9 May 1932-30 Mar 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 25; 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 1-25; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- PZ 2855/1932
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)