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Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.' [139r] (279/675)
The record is made up of 1 file (336 folios). It was created in 18 Jan 1945-22 Mar 1948. 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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Copy of Mr. Lermitte's letter No.DO/PTC/46/73 d^ted 23Jrd
October, 1946, to the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent, Sharjah!.^ , , .1
TRUCIAL COAST
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
EXPLORATION *
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Since Mr. Gibson’s visit to you on the 15th of October
when he outlined the Company’s programme we ;have hadG>to ma^e
certain alterations owing to damage to our lieavy ^fcransprnrlr
vehicles.
instead of moving into camp at Ras al Khaimah it is now
proposed to move to Dhaid in about five days time. The tentage,
petrol, kerosene and kaktz lubricating oils which have already
been stored at Ras al Khaimah will now be brought to Dhaid by
hired transport. One loadbf general camp equipment left Sharjah
this afternoon for Dhaid. '
2. Work to date has almost completely been confined to
the triangle formed by the sea on the west, the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Batha
on the North and the Ajman-Dhaid road on the south.
This triangle has been completed in detail with the
exception of the eastern area approximately ten miles distant
from Falaj al Ali.
3. When in camp at Dhaid it is proposed to work northwards
and complete the whole of Ras al Khaimah territory beginning
from the north and working southwards through the Jirri and
the sand country to the west, it is expected that this will
take approximately three weeks.
4. The next area to be undertaken is that which lies to
the south and west of Dhaid and includes the Banni Chittab
country including the Jabal Faiyah area and part of the
sand country of Dubai. It is hoped to get as far south as the
Ramlat ’Anaig. The approximate duration of this work is esti
mated to take about five weeks.
5. On completion of the above the next camp will be made
south of Jabal Ali, at a place to be determined later. From
there work will be undertaken in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai terri
tories.
6. Work at the moment is being undertaken almost wholly in
Umm al Qaiwain territory and the seven field cars have each a
guide supplied by the Shaikh of Umm al Qaiwain.
7. When working from Dhaid in Ras al Khaimah country
guards from Ras al Khaimah will be employed. The camp guards
will be arranged by the Shaikh of Sharjah who will presumably
supply Banni Chittab men.
8. Mr. Fallon, surveyor, moved into camp at Dhaid on the
21st October accompanied by five guards supplied by the Shaikh
of Sharjah. He also has Mahdad bin Ali binAbdulla of the Banni
Chittab. )
The British members of the party are:
Mr. F. Brookes
" R.N.R. Fallon, surveyor.
M C. Morris, transport officer.
The American members of the Robert Roy Party are:
/Mr
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The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and its subsidiaries Petroleum Concessions Limited, Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited. The British Government were keen to assist IPC to resume exploration, which had been discontinued during the Second World War, in view of the political, strategic and economic importance of the Company's oil concessions in the area (folio 275).
The papers include: the extent to which certain tribal areas were under the control of local rulers; the need for demarcation of the boundaries of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. states; list of concession and political agreements in force in 1945 in the various Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. states (folios 267-268); interest on the part of the Shaikh of Fujairah in entering into treaty relations with the British Government (folio 210); minutes of meetings at the 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. between British Government officials and oil company representatives; permission from the British Government to employ American personnel in survey work (folios 186-193); papers concerning a report by Sir Cyril Sankey Fox, formerly Director of the Geological Survey of India, for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman entitled 'The Geology and Mineral and Other Resources of Dhufar Province and Other Parts of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, South-East Arabia', March-May 1947 (folios 64-100), including correspondence from the author of the report; sketch map provided by 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 (Major Andrew Charles Stewart), which is said by him to have been marked by the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr] to show the western boundary of Dhofar (folio 68); a request by Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited that geological factors be taken into account in determining the boundary between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with sketch map (folios 57-58); Petroleum Concessions Limited 'Instructions to Field Party for Geological Reconnaissance of Southeastern Hadhramaut, the Mahra, and Dhofar' (folios 49-53); and minutes of Foreign Office meeting to discuss the south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia, July 1947.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (336 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 336; these numbers are written in pencil 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 327-335; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and have been crossed out. Finally, the second folio is listed as ‘1A’ rather than ‘2.’
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- Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
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- 22r:24v, 139r:140v, 169r:170r
- Author
- Lermitte, Basil Henry le Riolet
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