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'File 10/3 III Qatar Oil Concession' [61r] (136/470)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 27 Jan 1934-24 Mar 1934. It was written in English and Arabic. 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.
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i.r..idlabi htxd large business connections In India, Sgypt
ond urkey ancl had of late :/ears supplied His Majesty King
n .c.ud \3 ith r.iuch o( his "stores'' requirements, both
ill tar/ snd civil arid only recently had purchased tents
for his Aslr osrapali-n.
-'?>•! King tos under a great debt to Jfr.Adlabl,
added the Shaikh, literally and metaphorically, and in
order to shm his gratitude and no doubt to prevent him
pr^oonting his prematurely, ^as reported to have
appointed him his accredited ..gent to deal any Oil
********* can Denies, who mi^t be desirous of getting fur
ther concessions in 3audi Arabia (exclusive of Hassa).
On my enquiring from where he, the Shaikh, had
got his information, he replied, ?, from Mohamed Tatim and
quite recently 1 . This latter person, ay you kno?/, is Major
Holmes* ''jackal" and visited ^/pt in December last, where
I strongly suspect that he met his employer and received
instructions for a new compai^pi in Kuwait.
"■ j 1 next made a guarded reference to M l tar end
enqulr-ed from the Shaikh how he thought the A.P.O.C* were
getting on In their negotiations with .shaikh Abdulla ibn
Thani. The Shaikh smillnr ly replied ttiat althou^i he did
not like to state it as a "positive fact", all news and
other indications that reached him from liiath showed that
Bin Gaud had definitely warned the ^haiicn of ^atar that he
was not at liberty to give any sort of Oil Concession to
the A.P.O.C, or other British concern, and that If he had
the temerity to do so, it would be at his peril. He, the
Shaikh, believed the above to be the true facts of the case,
and as far as he was concerned he was quite certciin that
the A«P # 0*C• would fail to get the concession they were after
and that the next step would be that Bin Saud would inform
the Shaikh of Qatar that he must give Oil Concession to his
proteges, the standard Oil Company of Californle. (In this
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The volume contains correspondence 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. in Bushire, 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. in Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India, on the Qatar oil concession, on the Southern boundary of Qatar and on the role of Ibn Saud in the negotiation.
The volume includes:
- meeting notes, copies of telegrams and letters on Qatar and Kuwait oil concessions;
- note from 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. in Kuwait to 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. dated 23 Jan 1934 about the Qatar and Hasa Oil concessions and the Kuwait Neutral Zone (ff. 60-63);
- memorandum on the political importance of 'the maintenance of a British position on the Arab littoral of the Gulf' (ff. 71-76) and the need to offer protection to the Sheikh of Qatar in return for an 'undertaking on his part to grant a concession to the Anglo Persian Oil Company (Iraq Petroleum Company);
- correspondence between the British Air Ministry and 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. about air facilities in Qatar;
- note referring to a conversation that occurred at the end of 1922 between Sir Percy, Ibn Saud and Major Holmes regarding the southern boundaries of Qatar and the political relationship between Qatar and Saudi Arabia (f. 116C);
- memorandum from the meetings occurred on 11-12 Mar 1934 between the Sheikh Abdullah bin Qasim al-Thani and 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. re oil concession (ff. 131-140);
- copies of draft Qatar Oil Concession;
- a sketch of Qatar, ink on fabric (f. 212);
- memorandum on the frontiers of Saudi Arabia (ff. 196-199).
There is an index at the end of the volume ( folios 211-216).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (223 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in this file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 211-216. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is on top right-hand corner, starting on the first page of writing and finishing on the back cover. The numbering is in pencil, enclosed by a circle and starts with 1, then 115, 116A, 116B, 116C, then carries on until 221, which is the last number given. There is a second pagination on the top right corner, uncircled, starting on folio 22 (numbered 21) to folio 100 (numbered 99) and then from folio 116a (numbered 113) until folio 210 (numbered 207).
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- Title
- 'File 10/3 III Qatar Oil Concession'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:36r, 36r:45v, 46v, 47v:61r, 61r:63r, 63r:74r, 74r:115v, 116ar:116cv, 117r:120v, 121v:154v, 155ar:155bv, 156r:159r, 159r:169v, 181v:183r, 183r:184r, 184r:196r, 196r:198r, 198r:211v, 213r:220v, back-i
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