'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [144r] (301/481)
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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wireless installations and railways on special personal services
with due regard to the Company's operations and in times of
national emergency the Shaikh shall have full use free of charge
of the Company T s wireless and telegraph installations and
railways for Governmental purposes.
The Shaikh*s ships shall have the right to use harbours
utilised or constructed by the Company, provided that such use in
no way hampers the Company or interferes with the safety of its
operations, of which the Company shall be the sole judge.
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The Shaikh shall grant to the Company free of cost
the unrestricted use and occupation of uncultivated land belonging
to the bhaikh which the Company may need for its operations.
Any other lands houses or buildings required by the
Company may be bought or leased by it with the consent of and
on conditions to be arranged with the proprietors thereof, but
the terms 01 such purchase or lease shall not be in excess of
those ordinarily current in their respective localities. The
Company shall acquire only such land houses and buildings as are
necessary for its operations under this Agreement, and such land
shall at all times be less than the whole area of Qatar. The
Company shall Inform the Shaikh from time to time of the land
houses and buildings which it requires to occupy for its
operations, and land houses and buildings previously acquired by
the Company from the Shaikh but found no longer necessary for its
operations shall be returned by the Company to the Shaikh at a
cost which shall not in any case be greater than that paid by the
Company.
Provided that all land houses and buildings owned by
the Company shall be handed over to the Shaikh on the expiry or
sooner determination of this Agreement.
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The Company may take any water required for its
derations free of cost provided that such water can be taken
About this item
- 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
- 141r:150v, 205r:214v
- Author
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
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