Author
an agent.
at Muscat
Publication Date
3 Aug 1937-10 Jan 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
274
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/12/2976
Record ID
vdc_100000000602.0x000208
Library Location
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.
Date
3 Aug 1937-10 Jan 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence, notes, and minutes regarding the political agreement connected to the oil concession agreement between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL). Due to disagreement over the Sultan's obligations to British companies and the British Government when it comes to oil concessions, two political agreements were concluded: one involving the Sultan, PCL, and the British Government and in the form of an exchange of letters, the other between PCL and the British Government without the Sultan's knowledge. The majority of the papers form part of the discussion over the terms and wording of the agreements. This exchange is between officials at the Political
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Muscat, Government of India (External Affairs Department),
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.
, Foreign Office, Admiralty, Ministry of Fuel and Power (Petroleum Department), PCL, and Sultan Sa'id bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. Several drafts are included in the file and the originals of the final agreements, signed 27 September 1938, are found on folios 22-25.
The file also contains:
copies and extracts of other agreements and exchanges that were used for reference and as templates, including that of Dubai (folios 272-75), Sharjah (folios 262-68), and Bahrain (folios 168-73)
copies of the oil concession agreements for Dhofar and Muscat (folios 193-214)
correspondence concerning the disagreement over the Sultan's obligations to the British government, including the question of the relevance of previous agreements
correspondence relating to PCL's request for extensions to their Ajman and Oman agreements due to the disruption caused by the Second World War.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Coll 20/18 (2)
