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Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.' [317r] (635/675)
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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NOTE ON THE OIL AGREEMENT SITUATION WITH UKM-AL-QUWAIN
AUTHORITY B.H. LERMITTS^DECEMBER 1944, ■
(Enclosure to Bahrain letter No, DO/SA.1/3875 dated 7th Jan
At the time of our approach to the Ruler of Umm-al-
Quwain (Feb, 1939) there were outstanding blood feuds between
him and Mohamed bin Ali, chief of the Bani Kitab tribe, who
normally resides in the Dhaid-Jabal Faiyah area.
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At the same time the Company had invoked Article
10 of the Political Agreement between His Majesty’s Government
and the Company with a view to obtaining the decision of
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.
as to what further action could be taken
to facilitate the free movement of the company’s geologists
of other personnel within the Jabal Faiyah area, which the
Ruler of Sharjah had been unable to arrange.
The position was being watched with keen interest by
all the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Rulers and resulted in a great deal of
intrigue and false rumours. It was regarded by all the
Coastal Rulers as a test case between Coastal Ruler and
inland tribe, and they were anticipating a similar throwing
off of allegiance by their own inland ’’subjects”.
Mohamed bin Ali who virtually controls the Jabal
Faiyah area was prepared to resist any penetration, and
Sharjah subject, and others, were shot at when approaching
the district.
The Political Resident’s intervention took the form
of notifying the Ruler of Sharjah that the Company must be
all nved to make their own arrangements to visit the area.
The Company in conjunction with the Political Department
approached the Regent of Kalba to facilitate the visit, but
without success.
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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.
, Major Hickinbotham, informed us
in September 1944 that he had established contacts with
Mohamed bin Ali which, he hopes, will be maintained.
Owing to the foregoing it is not surprising that the
Ruler of Umra-al-Quwain was disinclined to commence telks for
an oil agreement, his territory bordering on that of both
Sharjah and the area dominated by Mohamed bin Ali.
As no progress was made in the negotiations no
figure was mentioned.
The Ruler did, however, express his desire for a
Concession and not an exploration permit, and wished that
his two brothers be informed of the (fesirability of this.
At a later meeting this point was made clear to the two
brothers.
The outbreak of the War and the cancellation vDf
the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
programme for the winter of 1939, together
with the evasiveness of Mohamed bin Ali, all combined to
make further approaches to the Ruler of Umm-al-Quwain useless.
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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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- Title
- Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
- Pages
- 229r, 233r:235v, 239r:239v, 299r:299v, 316r:317v, 320r:322v, 323r:325v
- Author
- Packer, Ernest Vincent
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