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Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.' [10v] (20/365)
The record is made up of 1 file (181 folios). It was created in 24 Aug 1936-2 Dec 1937. 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 Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Annexure.
To His Excellency,
Shaikh Said Bin Maktum Al-Hashar,
Ruler of Dubai.
Your Excellency, Dubai, 22nd May 1937.
Greetings : I am authorised by my Company to inform Your Excellency that
should Your Excellency see fit to appoint a London Representative after discovery
of oil in commercial quantities such Representative will have access to the
management of the Company at any reasonable time for the purposes of making
representations which Your Excellency may wish him to make regarding the
working of the Concession Agreement that Your Excellency graciously granted to
this Company on 22nd May 1937 corresponding to 11th Rabi-Awwal 1356.
The Company s officials will be pleased to supply all information to such
Representative pertaining to oil production and the Company s operations generally
in Dubai at any reasonable time.
With expressions of deep respect and regard for the person of \our Excellency.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Excellency’s obedient Servant,
FRANK HOLMES,
For and on behalf of
Petroleum Concessions, Limited.
No. 3
C!opy of letter from Captain Hickinbotham,
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.
, Bahrain, dated the
22nd May 1937, No. T/l of 1937, to Shaikh Sa’id Bin Maktum, O.B.E.,
Ruler of Dubai.
After compliments,
His Majesty’s Government have been furnished with a copy of the Agreement
[No. 2] signed by you on the 22nd May 1937 granting to Petroleum Development
(
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
), Limited, which is a subsidiary Company of Petroleum Concessions
Limited, an oil concession in respect of your territory on the understanding that the
Agreement is subject to the approval of His Majesty’s Government.
2. Under instructions from His Majesty’s Government I now enclose a copy of
an Agreement (No. 1) which has been concluded between His Majesty’s Government
and Petroleum Concessions, Limited, in London on 5th February 1937.
3. It is desirable that there should be a clear understanding as to the position
which would arise in certain eventualities in connection with these two Agreements,
and I am to inform you that in these circumstances the understanding described
below has been reached with the Company:—
(a) Should any of the terms of the Agreement between you and the Company
be inconsistent or in conflict with the terms of the Agreement between the
Company and His Majesty’s Government signed in London on 5th February 1937
the Agreement between you and the Company will to the extent of any such
inconsistency or conflict be subordinate to and be controlled by the terms
of the Agreement between the Company and His Majesty’s Government.
(b) If the Company should fail to observe any of the terms of the Agreement
between the Company and His Majesty’s Government signed in London on
5th February 1937, or if the alleged failure having been disputed by the
Company the matter has been referred to arbitration under Article 24 of
the Company’s Agreement with you (which is made applicable to the case
by Article 11 of the Agreement between the Company and His Majesty’s
Government) and the Company should not remedy such failure within the
reasonable time which should be fixed by the arbitrators for so doing then
in these cases, as in the cases mentioned in Article 19 of the Company’s
Agreement with you, but in no other, the Company agrees that you will be
entitled to terminate the Agreement between the Company and yourself, and
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The file concerns the drafting of the Dubai Oil Concession commercial agreement between the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Said bin Maktum Al-Hasher [Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm]) and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The agreement was signed on 22 May 1937 (folios 38-55). The Ruler of Dubai also agreed to the following conditions set by the British Government:
- The commercial agreement was to be subordinate to the political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, signed on 5 February 1937
- If the Company failed to observe any of the terms of the political agreement, the Ruler had the right to terminate the commercial agreement, and take over all the company's properties within his territory.
The papers include draft and signed copies of the agreement; 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 representatives of the Company over the wording of the agreement; comments from other British Government departments (e.g. the Foreign Office and the Air Ministry); and 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. confidential print entitled 'Dubai Oil Concession and Connected Documents' (Memo. B 458).
The Arabic language content of the file consists of draft and signed copies of the agreement in both English and Arabic.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (181 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 182; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
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- 7v:10v, 38r:55v, 63r:80v, 161r:182v
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3873
- Title
- Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
- Pages
- 10v, 54r
- Author
- Holmes, Frank
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