'File 10/3 IV Qatar Oil Concession'

Content

The volume contains correspondence between 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. and the Shaikh of Qatar, the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and H.M.'s Ministry at Jedda in regard to the borders of Qatar, the oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdoms with Ibn Said.

It contains:

• notes of a meeting held 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. on 21 March 1934 with representatives of APOC and Royal Dutch Shell to discuss the Qatar oil concession (ff 22-29 and 86-92A);
• notes on the meeting occurred on 2-4 April 1934 between 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. and the Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani of Qatar (ff. 44-51A);
• envelope titled 'Sketch Map of Qatar peninsula with boundary line marked by Shaikh' (f. 51B);
• correspondence re the 'reconnaissance of Qatar' via flying boats by R.A.F. taking place on 8/9 May 1934 (ff. 141-222);
• extracts from R. E. Cheesman's 'In Unknown Arabia' (ff. 177-185);
• list of tasks to be carried out during the reconnaissance, including photographs to be taken (ff. 194-197).

There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 236-244).

Extent and format

1 volume (262 folios)

Arrangement

The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 236-244.

Physical characteristics

The foliation starts on the first page of writing on top right-hand corner and finishes on the back cover. The numbering starts with 1, then 7, 8a, 8b, 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B, 11-14, 15A, 15B, 16, then 18, 19A, 19B, 20, 21A, 21B, 22, then 50, 51A, 51B, 52, then 79, 80A, 80B, 81-84, 85A, 85B, 86, then 92, 93A, 93B, then 159, 160A, 160B, 160C,161, then 228, 229A, 229B, 230, and then carries until 249 which is the last number given.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/413

Former external reference(s)

Confidential files: 10/3 IV

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Mar 1934-20 May 1934 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Petroleum industry

People & organisations

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company LimitedAir MinistryAdviser to the Government of BahrainBahrain Petroleum CompanyBahrain Political Agency, Confidential OfficeSecretary of State for India and Burma, United KingdomSecretary of State for India, United KingdomKing of BahrainBahrain Political AgencyShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Ḥamad bin 'Īsá Āl KhalīfahShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl KhalīfahKing of Saudi Arabia Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd

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'File 10/3 IV Qatar Oil Concession', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/413, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/347> [accessed 17 May 2024]

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