'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [139r] (291/481)
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.2. 6792/1934.
Britannic House,
Finsbury Circus,
London, E.G.2.
1st November, 1934.
J.G. Laithwaite, Esq.,
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.
,
S.W.I.
I • fiv
Dear Laithwaite,
Th^fk you for your letter of the 18th October,
(P .Z. 6227/34), about Qatar oil.
On that letter and our conversation on the 20th
October I have had a redraft made of the last draft
dated 13th March, and enclose six copies, dated 25th October
1934, of the redraft of the concession.
I have marked on one of these copies the passages
or wording different from the last draft dated 13th March
1934, which are as follows:
x^reamble. Mylles' name is substituted for
^hisholm's.
Article 6. In accordance with the suggestion
in paragraph (l) o± your letter, the following words have
been added at the end of the 3rd paragraph:
Vand in times of national emergency the Shaikh
shall have full use, free of charge, of the
Company 1 s wireless and telegraph installations
and railways for governmental purposes".
. . , . Article 10. In the hope of obviating
i ficulties actually experienced elsewhere, v^e have reworded
las1: sentence of the first paragraph. In Persia it has
even been claimed that such articles as medical supplies and
geological expeditionary equipment, for example, are imported
: 0r or applicable to the personal use of employees, and are,
therefore, dutiable. '
, ^• s you will see, we propose to restrict the
dutiable category to articles sold to employees for their
personal use - with the exception of food supplies, all
imports of which will be liable to duty. Considering the
desert nature of the country we still feel this to be a harsh
equirement of H.M.G., and we feel it unreasonable to
P aoe in the hands of a Shaikh notorious for his cupidity
p Power to make the ordinary amenities of life for
uropeans unattainable by reason of excessive duties which
affect/
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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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- 'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession'
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- Lefroy, Langlois Massy
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