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'File 10/3 III Qatar Oil Concession' [‎138r] (297/470)

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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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Shaikh * No,wiien 1 asked lor help on various occasions i was
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toid that/the trouble was an internal one ti»e Govern-
raeiit woulc not ^ive me an/ help. ( Political .
But liir Percy Cox ol'lereu to help you against your
brother,:;haliiaia,but alterwarcis you saia that you die
not neec the help}. res,this is true, zy position is \
not like Kuwait or iaiiram. In Kuwait the ShaiKh was
m trouble with Bin Piashid and the Government uelped
him when he was m ailiiculty. in Bahrain ShaiKh *Isa
was a refugee in ^atar and it was the Government who
took him to Bahrain and made him a Shaikh. Before the
Treaty with the Gov eminent I was an independent Shaikh
ana no people could encroach on my territory. The
(atar people themselves requested me to accept the
shaiichdofn and I have documents in support of this.
( Political A-?ent . Yes,! have read in my recoras about
this). I fought against tne 'Oman people,Shaikh Zaid
bin Sa ;r of Abu ^haoi,ana nave also had a fight with
the Bahrain people. Had it not been lor the Government
i also mignt have been able to extend my territory,
as everyone would like to extenu his Kinguom. it is
the Treaty taat hae prevented me Irom uomg this, but
the Government did not confer on me the c .naiichship«
Resident . 1 told you yesterday that there is something 1 else which
1 wanted to tell you. in the past the Government
promised to protect you by sea and also to g'lve their
l^ood oil ices (i .e., words) in the event oi an attack
on you by land. Now the Government are prepared to
protect you against an attack by land ana to help you
with the necessary force in case of an attack upon you.
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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.

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There is an index at the end of the volume ( folios 211-216).

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1 volume (223 folios)
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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.

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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