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'File 10/3 IV Qatar Oil Concession' [38r] (100/534)
The record is made up of 1 volume (262 folios). It was created in 25 Mar 1934-20 May 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 Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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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.
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Wii tehall,
LO!©ON,S.W,l,
By air m al l *
23rd March, 1934,
My d sar ^owie ,
I enclose copy of a doOo.letter from "Ryan at Jed da
to /a^Tier at the foreign Office about the Q,atar b0 mdaly
question, which is, 1 think, self-explanatory. On certain
he
of the point s/ralaes you may be in a position to throv;
further light af+er your visits to Q,atar and your interviews
wi uh trie ^haikn, and we should wel cothe a report on his points
gene 1 a.i,j.y sand sFia 11 be Much interested in any comrnents on
or information abou+ them which you may in due course be
able to let sas have.
2c Xs regards the payment of zakat to ibn Saud, the
information as t 0 any payment by the Shaikh of Q.atar is
summarised by ^yan» ihere have, 1 think, at various times
in the oast been casual references to the collection of
zakat by representatives of ibn 3aud so far east as the
^areimi Oasis (compare, for instance, the statements by
Thomas and in Philby's ""Rub al Khali" quoted in paragraph
I- and Appendix III of 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.
memorandum on Q.atario
Bin Saud has of course recognised under Article 6 of the
^reaty of Jed da the ^special treaty relations wi th H e J3 # M 0 ' s
^ernment* of "the territories of ikiwait and Bahrain, and
o S . he Shaikhs of ^atar and the Oman Coast". Quite apart
from this, we have never regarded, 1 think, these payments
of zakat, which, in so far as they may have been irmde, we
have Ignored, as payments of a formal tribute, or as evidence
by the pereocs by whom the payment was Trade of the
re co gn it ion/
The Hon 'ble Lt <> Gol^T. G.W.Fowle, C-B.E
The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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^u sh i re .
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- 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.
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- IOR/R/15/2/413
- Title
- 'File 10/3 IV Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:4v, 6r:7v, 8ar:8bv, 9ar:9bv, 10ar:10bv, 11r:12v, 14r:14v, 15ar:15bv, 16r:18v, 19ar:19bv, 20r:20v, 21ar:21bv, 22r:38v, 40r:50v, 51ar:51bv, 52r:58v, 59ar:59bv, 60r:73v, 75r:79v, 80ar:80bv, 81r:84v, 85ar:85bv, 86r:92v, 93ar:93bv, 94r:100v, 102r:148v, 147r:159v, 160ar:160av, 160cr:160cv, 161r:167v, 169r:176v, 182r:209v, 211r:211v, 214r:228v, 229ar:229bv, 230r:234v, 236r:249v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence