'(F 69) File 82/26 A.P.O.C. - Muscat Oil Concession'

Content

The volume contains correspondence, telegrams and notes of meetings between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bahrain and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives regarding geologic surveys of Dhofar, Massirah and Batinah, Muskat, in Oman, and Gwadar, in Pakistan, carried on by geologists employed by D'Arcy Exploration Company. The volume contains an extract from the account of the expedition to Muscat (folios 44-45) and some letters to and from the Amīr of Ja‘lān, Muḥammad bin Nāṣir Āl Ḥamūdah.

There are some maps within the file:

• Reduction to show Relationships of the Combined Plane Table and Prismatic Compass Sketch Map of the Country between JEBEL RODHAH, SOHAR AND IBRI, OMAN, ARABIA, with the Oman peninsula (f. 18A);
• Sketch map of the Omani and Emirati coast from Muscat northbound (f. 18B);
• Map extracted from Geographical Journal Sep. 1925' showing Oman and Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (f. 18C);
• 'Map showing coast and ports of Oman' (f. 36A), drawn by Mr Bower.

Extent and format

1 file (77 folios)

It is grouped into

‘REDUCTION TO SHOW RELATIONSHIP of the COMBINED PLANE TABLE AND PRISMATIC COMPASS SKETCH MAP OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN JEBEL RŌDHAH, SOHAR AND IBRI, OMAN, ARABIA, WITH THE OMAN PENINSULA’

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/625, f 18A

Sketch map of the Omani and Emirati coast from Muscat northbound

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/625, f 18B

Sketch map showing Oman and Trucial States

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/625, f 18C

‘MAP SHOWING COAST AND PORTS OF OMAN’

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/625, f 36A

Arrangement

The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

The foliation is written in pencil and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

The numbering commences at the first folio with 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 2-3; 4 and 4A; 5-7; 8 and 8A; 9-17; 18, 18A, 18B and 18C; 19-36; 37 and 37A; 38-60; 61 and 61A and then it carries on until 66, which is the last number given to the last folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/625

History of this record

Date(s)

11 Sep 1925-20 May 1928 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Geological surveys

People & organisations

Political Agent and Consul, MuscatD'Arcy Exploration Company Limited

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