File 3877/1912 Pt 4 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’ [‎91r] (123/176)

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Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Applications for Licences.
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Vilayet: Mosul. Kaza : Mosul. District: Hamam Ali.
Names of applicants for “ permis” : Mehmed Fakhri and Mehmed Shewket.
Date of application : 1st Shubat, 1326 (14th February, 1911).
ON receipt of this application, the provincial authorities submitted the matter to
the Ministry of Mines by despatch No. 17 of the 16th Nissan, 1327 (29th April, 1911),
with the request that instructions might be given as to the procedure to be followed.
Replying on the 15th Mais, 1327 (28th May, 1911), the Ministry informed the
vilayet that the petroleum wells found in the district of Hamam Ali came under t e
cateo-ory of “ Maden-i-Mekshoufeh,” viz., discovered mines, and that, moreover, as
the concession of the oilfields had previously been granted to the Civil List, but now
belonged to the Ministry of Finance, no “ permis de recherches ” could be granted to
In a petition addressed to the Ministry of Mines dated the 1st Eillul, 1327
(14th September, 1911), the applicants protested, against the refusal of the provincial
authorities to deliver the permits applied for ; this document was referred to Mosu on
the 30th Eillul, 1327 (13th October, 1911), for observations. Replying on the
5th Shubat, 1327 (18th February, 1912), the local authorities at Mosul pointed ou
that all formalities had been suspended in consequence of instructions communicated to
them by the Ministry. In some correspondence exchanged with the Sublime Forte t
Ministry pointed out (8th Mart, 1828 (21st March, 1912)), that m v.ew of the
consideration which wL being given to the Chester radway scheme .t s^
necessary that the Porte should come to a decision relative to the manner in wh h
applications for licences to prospect for oil in the vdayets of ®“ra, and^Sloeid
should be dealt with. The Ministry was informed by the Porte on the 10th Mart 1888
(23rd March, 1912), that no “ permis de recherches ” were to be issued in t lose vi aye s
until further notice.
No further action was taken.
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Yilayet: Mosul. District: Kerkuk, Kifri.
Names of applicants : Mehmed Fakhri and Mehmed Shewket.
Date of application : 1st Shubat, 1326 (14th February, 1911).
This application was dealt with by the local authorities and the Ministry in exactly
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n regard to Kifri.
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Vilayet: Mosul. District: Kerkuk Baba Gurgur.
Names of applicants: Mehmed Fakhri and H. H. Si y.
Date of application: 25th Haziran, IS29 (9th July, 1913).
Some correspondence appears to have ^ 0 )^ion Xr th^Mo^d authmit'ies
md the Mining Department on the subject of pjl^ ^^9 h December> xgis),
vore informed in a despatch dated the rt .. V ’ rece i p t of further instructions,
.hat no permits were to be issued to anyonepend,ngthereceipo^ d pli cation
3n the receipt of these instructions, the vilayet authorities trans Mart, 1330
m d plans to the Mining Department 111 a despatch dated
16th March, 1914).
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