'File 14/6 EXPLOITATION IN MUSCAT TERRITORY BY GEOLOGISTS'

Content

The file contains correspondence on two matters in 1937 and 1940 respectively:

Correspondence (includes copy of original letter in Arabic, folio 3) in 1937 concerns a complaint from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman about the arrival in Buraimi of a relative (Sultan bin Zaid) of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi with representatives of an oil company to undertake oil reconnaissance.

Correspondence in 1940 discusses proposed visits to Gulf by officers of Geological Survey of India.

This correspondents are 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. in the Gulf (William Rupert Hay); 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. , Muscat; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr].

Extent and format

1 file (8 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic 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/15/6/440

Former external reference(s)

14/6

History of this record

Date(s)

26 May 1937-9 Aug 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Petroleum industryGeology

Places

Oman

People & organisations

Director-General of the Geological Survey of IndiaPolitical Resident, Persian GulfEmir of Abu Dhabi, Āl Nahyān dynastySultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd Dynasty

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