Abstract: The file consists of an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, consisting of eleven clauses which lay down conditions relating to the Sharjah Oil Concession.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 2; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file consists of a copy of an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited relating to oil concessions in Debai [Dubai].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file consists of a copy of an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited relating to the refining of crude oil.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file consists of a memorandum reproducing a commercial agreement between Petroleum Concessions Limited and the Shaikh of Dubai, in which rights are granted to the former to prospect for oil in the State of Dubai. The memorandum also reproduces a political agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Shaikh of Dubai, the India Office and Petroleum Concessions Limited, in which it is agreed that the terms of the oil concession shall remain subordinate to prior agreements made between Petroleum Concessions Limited and the British Government.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Political Resident at Bushire, as well as with E V Packer, Manager of Petroleum Concessions Limited, and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī of Qatar. Also included within this file are correspondence between the Director of the Bahrain Customs and Port Authority, Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited, and Messrs. Folsom Arms Co. of New York.These correspondence concern gifts of arms to the Sheikh of Qatar by E V Packer and Petroleum Concessions Limited in 1938, and by Winthrop Rockefeller in 1940 following his visit to Bahrain and Qatar.Physical description: Foliation: This file has a foliation number on the front top right hand corner of each page. The number is uncircled.
Abstract: The volume contains copies of documents and correspondence in English and Arabic exchanged between the Sheikh of Qatar, Petroleum Concessions Limited, the Political Resident in Bushire, and the Political Agent in Bahrain on the Qatar Oil Concession. There is also correspondence on the employment of personnel by the Petroleum Concessions Limited for the camp at Jebel Dukhan, and updates on the drilling operations. The volume includes a letter from the Political Agent to the Shaikh, in English and Arabic, to congratulate him on the discovery of oil in Qatar dated 14 January 1940 (folio 243).The volume also contains maps and sketches:'Rough Tracing Showing Approach to P.D. (Q.) Jetty at Dohat Ez Zekrit (Qatar)' - in context of Qatar oil concession' (2 copies, on ff. 129, 130);sketch map representing the P.C.L. Embarkation Point at Sitra (f.224);sketch of 'navigation marks' to build to facilitate the navigation from Bahrain to Zekreet [Zekrit] and map of the 'Launch Route' (ff. 258 and 259).There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 260-286).Physical description: The main foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on starts on the first page of writing; then 9, 10A, 10B; then carries on until 290, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting with folio 1 (numbered 1a) and ending on 259 (numbered 249).
Abstract: This file contains a copy of correspondence dated February 1950 between the British Residency, Bahrain and the Eastern Department, Foreign Office (G W Furlong), copied to the Political Agent, Muscat (Major F C L Chauncy), concerning the abandonment of the Dhofar oil concession. It also contains a letter from the British Residency, Bahrain, to Chauncy with information on the termination of Dhufar concession by Petroleum Concessions Ltd.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains the Roster of Employees of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial Coast. The rosters contain information on the position, date of engagement and the nationality of employees at the various locations of the Concession's operations. Most of the rosters cover factory floor and clerical employees with some junior management also named. Some folios include the names of employees at senior management level.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Reliefs shown by hachures.Shows the approaches to the Petroleum Development Jetty at Zekrit, in the Dohat of Zekrit; it also shows the Jebel Dukhan promontory and the surrounding shoals and water depth.Inscriptions:Descriptive notes on recto:Below the title: 'Soundings in FEET corrected to lowest tide level observed to date 16/1/38.'In the bottom right-hand corner: /Signed/ 'J.F.W.'Physical description: Materials: ink on paper.Dimensions: 340 x 350 mm; on sheet 362 x 372 mm.Foliation: The map has been foliated in the top right hand corner with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Reliefs shown by hachures. Shows the Jebel Dukhan promontory, Dohat et Zehrit, the surrounding shoals and water depth.Inscriptions:Descriptive notes on recto:Below the title: 'Soundings in feet corrected to lowest tide level observed to date 16/1/38.'Physical description: Materials: ink on paperDimensions: 342 x 290 mm; on sheet 369 x 333 mm.Foliation: The map has been foliated in the top right hand corner with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence from Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, which is forwarded to the Secretary of State for India.The correspondence relates that, on the pretext that certain of his adherents had been murdered, Mohammad bin Abdullah al Khalili, Imam of Inner Oman, had taken control of the fort at Ibri in the Dhahirah, formerly in the hands of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. It is suggested that a more likely motivation for this action was to take control of the area in which Petroleum Concessions Ltd had been most interested.The Political Resident in the Gulf suggests that it would be a set-back for British interests if the Sultan were to lose ground in this area, and after a number of letters providing updates of the situation the correspondence ends with a letter from Major Hickinbotham informing that Saiyid Shahab bin Faisal, Regent and Minister for External Affairs, Muscat, had been contacted by Ali bin Said of Ainane, offering surrender of the strategically-important fort at Ainane to the Sultan on terms, in consequence of pressure from the Imam. The Regent proposed to discuss terms, an action which gained Major Hickinbotham's approval.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns objections to the potential employment of Holmes as a negotiator on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrein [Bahrain] and Koweit [Kuwait], and his past record as a negotiator on the Trucial Coast and as Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.