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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [135r] (283/481)
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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P,Z # 6496/34
NOTE.
Mi", Prasor, Mr, Gass, and I.-Ir, Lefroy of the Anglo-
Persian Oil Company called 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 10th
October to discuss the question of the Q.atr oil concession.
Mr, Walton, Mr. Laithwaite, Mr. Crombie and Colonel Fov/le
were present at the meeting.
Mr, Fraser said that, except for the question of the
Refining Clause, the terms of the Political Agreement had
now been agreed between the Company and His Majesty's
Goyernment, With regard to refining, he had been in
correspondence with the Admiralty and hoped that a
settlement was row in si ^ht and that this would be on the
lines of the Refining Clause in the Koweit Political
Agreement, The Admiralty were disa pointed that he was
unable to go farther than this, cut it was impossible to
get the foreign constituents of the I .P .C, to agree to
anything more. He explained that the Shell Company had
one Dutch and one Biitish Director while similarly the
American interests in the I .P .C. had one American and one
British Director.
Turning to the commercial negotiations 7;ith the
Sheikh of Qatr, Mr. Praser said that these would continue
to be carried on by Mr, Mylles in whom he had every
confidence and who would have a Power of Attorney from
the Company to conclude an agreement with the Sheikh,
The question to be decided w&s the most suitable time
for introducing the Political Agreement into the.
negotiations. Should a representative of I!.Ivi,G. approach
the Sheikh and clear this question up now or would it be
better for the Commercial Agreement to be settled first?
Mr, Walton, Mr, Lalthwaite and Colonel Powle all agreed
that it would be best that the Commercial Agreement
should/
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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