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'(F 69) File 82/26 A.P.O.C. - Muscat Oil Concession' [45r] (117/163)
The record is made up of 1 file (77 folios). It was created in 11 Sep 1925-20 May 1928. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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but the invitation was due to a hope that their presence
would stop Isa "bin Saleh coming to Bar&imi, as the latter
was then successfully advancing up the Bhahira in the
direction of Barimi.
Mr. Lees tells me that on ifewo occasions shots were
fired across the advance of their caravan by Bedouins,
but ..hen they raade themselves known, the Bedouins were
quite friendly.
On one occasion Mr. Lees was on a hill collecting
specimen rocks alone when a very uncouth shepherd bejan
to throw stones at him. This nuisance bein^ continually
repeated, Mr. Less charged the shepherd .vavii^ his
geological hammer, wnereat the shepherd fled. This was
the only incident of,the sort, and this lonely shepherd
♦
had probably not heard of the arrival of the travellers
and could not make out what' strange being had invaded
his solitude. The party were accompanied by a botanist,
a Mr. Fernandez.-of the Bombay Natural History Society.
Mr, Lees appears to c'licw been generously provided
with presents for the Shaikhs and all concerned by 'his
Company, and the expedition was a great success from the
"political" point of view.
Messrs. Lees and Gray left Muscat on tne j^ritibh
India Mail steamer on the t 3rd instant for Bombay. T^ere
they Join H.M.S. "Triad 11 which is proceeding toDhofar
to fetch His Highness the Sultan bacic to Muscat. The
geologists will now explore Dhofar. The length of their
stay there will depend on the character of tne geological
formations, and whet er the same w ive hopes 01 oil*
The country round Sur anu Masira Island will be
explored later if the tribesmen and Shaikhs are amenable.
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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)
- 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.
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- '(F 69) File 82/26 A.P.O.C. - Muscat Oil Concession'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 4ar:4av, 5r:8v, 8ar:8av, 9r:26v, 27v, 30v:38v, 39v:47v, 49r:59v, 62r:66v, back-i
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