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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [91ar] (193/481)
The record is made up of 1 volume (234 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1934-14 Jan 1935. 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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Jafurah Desert. But in 1902 the Turks, alter the Oqair outrage [when the A1
Murra cut up a Turkish force near Oqair Port], succeeded in surprising a large
body of them at the wells of Zarnuqah in Kharma and inflicted on them a
sanguinary defeat. The Amirs of the Wahabis sent frequent expeditions against
the A1 Murra, but one only, led by the Amir Feisal, was partially successful. His
force, however, reached the scene of action in such a feeble state owing to want
of water, that he was obliged to be satisfied with a nominal arrangement, and
returned to Nejd vanquished rather than victorious. In connection with the postal
service in the Hasa Sanjak the Turks pay small subsidies to the chief Sheikh of
the A1 Murra. But these do not avail to secure the good behaviour of the tribe,
nor can any revenue be realised from them by the Ottoman Government. . . .
About 1865 the A1 Murra were paying the value of 3,000 dollars as revenue to the
Wahabi Amir, and during the recent conflict in Central Arabia they supported the
Wahabi cause, but they are not at present tributaries of Ibn Saud. 1 '
The Admiralty Handbook of Arabia (May 1916) describes the A1 Murra as Vol. I, pp.
"a savage and ill-known tribe, wholly nomadic, who range from the south of Hasa 88-89.
into the Jafurah Desert and down to the wild oasis of Jabrin. . . . On the north
they come up to near Oqair, while inland they lie south of the Hofuf-Riyadh routes,
which they harry, as far as the borders of Kharj. In most of this inhospitable
tract they wander alone and neither the Turks nor the Ibn Sauds, whose feudatories
they nominally are, have ever been able to follow them far enough to subdue them.
. . . They are said to number about 7,000 souls and to turn out 2,000 fighting
men. . . . The whole tribe . . . maintains perpetual feud with the Ajman and the
Beni Khalid."
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- Content
The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and memoranda exchanged between 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. 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. and with the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.
The volume includes:
- correspondence between APOC 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. on the Qatar Oil Concession, mentioning the opportunity to build a refinery in Qatar;
- information about Bahrain [Buraini)] and its surroundings, with list of tribes which paid Zakah to Ibn Saud in 1922 and the Amir of Hasa in 1926, which includes number of men, camels and sheep for each tribe (ff. 45-56);
- 'Historical Memorandum of the relations of the Wahabi Amirs and Ibn Saud with Eastern Arabia and the British Government, 1800-1934' , published by 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 26 September 1934, containing a printed map 'APPENDIX C. MAP SHOWING THE EXTENT OF WAHABI AND OF MUSCAT POWER, 1865 ' (ff. 61-91A);
- draft of Qatar Oil Agreement attached to 14 January 1935 letter from A.P.O.C. to 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. .
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-228).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (234 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, (folios 216-228). 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 in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, then 90, 91A, 91B, 92; and then carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting on folio 27 (numbered 17); and ending on folio 214 (numbered 201).
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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/15/2/415
- Title
- 'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:5v, 6v:7v, 9r:13r, 14r:20v, 24v:32r, 33r, 34r:87v, 89r:90v, 91ar:91bv, 92r:92v, 93v:118v, 120v:129v, 131v:138v, 140v, 151r:159v, 161v:164v, 166v:172v, 174v:186v, 188v:203v, 204v, 215r:217v, 218ar:218bv, 219r:232v, 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