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'File 10/3 IV Qatar Oil Concession' [42r] (106/534)
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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future of his independence and he sems to have got the wind
up again in 1932, ahen he asked for a guarantee of British
protection against landward aggression, i have not pot the
papers regarding this request and tbe answer to it, so i do
not know whether he renewed his intiimtion that, "if I cannot
"be helped, 1 shall have to seek some other way rt « 1 do not
recall any further mention of the subsidy as such hut in
1933 attention was drawn several tines to a financial
transaction involving a sum of 10,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
or pounds.
411 the versions in 1933 represented this as money owed "by
Ibn 3aud tc the Shaikh. -Now we have well-infomed holmes
caning along len closure in your La-No.53j and saying that
the Shaikh is well off hut has to ray sums estimated at
£ 10,000 a year to Bin Saud and that the reason for his
being summoned to Hiyadh was that he lad neglected the
payment for two years.,
1 suggest for consideration t*:e following questions
(a) Has the Shaikh of Q,atar been for some time before
1930 a tributary of Ibio Saud?
(b) Was his journey to Riyadh 4 "he result o^nis
seeking th e other way ", whi ch he foreshad owed in 19 3(^, and
whi ch may have appeared to him all the more necessaiy after
the refusal of British protection in 19 32, if he was in
arrear with hi s tribute 9
(cj Is it not at least possible that, when at
Riyadh, the Shaikh agreed to some territorial settlement
with Ibn Saud, 6ven though it is hard to believe that he
can' have gone so far as suggested in the report in Bowie's
Express Letter, ^Oo-1957^3 of December 2S?
(d)/
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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