'File 38/1 Vol I, P. C. L. Exploration'

Title:

'File 38/1 Vol I, P. C. L. Exploration'

Contributor:

Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah (correspondent)
Emir of Abu Dhabi, Āl Nahyān dynasty (correspondent)
Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (correspondent)
Emir of Sharjah, Āl Qāsimī dynasty (correspondent)
Political Agent, Trucial Coast (correspondent)

Date:

1945/1947

Description:

The file contains correspondence relating to survey expeditions carried out in the Trucial Coast (today's United Arab Emirates) region by Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Officer of the Trucial Coast, also at Sharjah, the Political Agent at Bahrain, representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, the India Office, the rulers of Sharjah, Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], and Abu Dhabi, as well as the leaders of a number of more minor tribes.The correspondence covers the arrangements for, and the progress of, survey work carried out by the company during the winters of 1945/46, 1946/47, and 1947/48, in the vicinities of Jabal Faiyah and Buraimi [Al-Buraymī], including a reconnaissance trip through Wadi al Gor. Contained in the file are regular updates on the progress of the surveys sent by company representatives to either the Residency Agent or the Political Officer at Sharjah.Matters of a political nature were referred by the company to the Residency Agent or the Political Officer, and the following issues are covered within the file:numerous incidents of resistance from local Bedouin inhabitants, usually triggered by transgression of tribal boundaries;pay arrangements for guards and labourers, including a strike by workers in October 1946;the employment of non-British subjects (namely Americans);tribal and territorial allegiances that impacted on the work of the surveyors.Folio 102 is a sketch map of the area explored around Ajman [‘Ajmān] and Umm al Qaiwain [Umm al Qaywayn].Folios 211-232 are internal office notes, including extracts from the oil concession agreement with Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr of Sharjah [Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī].1 file (231 folios)The file is arranged chronologically.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English
Arabic

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Geological surveying
Labour disputes
Concessions, Oil, Ra's al-Khaymah
Concessions, Oil, Sharjah
Concessions, Oil, Abu Dhabi

Geographic region:

Jabal Faiyah
Buraimi
Wadi Al Gor
Trucial Coast

Extent:

1 file (231 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Public Domain
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000130_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000130_en
IOR/R/15/2/861

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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