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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [145r] (303/481)
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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without damago or loss to any local Inhabitants. Subject to the
same conditions the Company nay also sink wells and drill for
and impound water to provide for the needs of its operations.
In case of need, the Shaikh 1 s army or military
expeditions may take free of charge such quantities of water as
nay be at the Company T s disposal after satisfying its own
requirements. Similarly^ the people may take any such surplus
water for themselves and their animals free of charge.
Ar ticl g _2•
The Company may take any soil clay gravel line
gypsum stone and any similar materials required for its
operations free of cost^ but it shall not prevent the people
from taking their usual requirements of these materials,
Artic le 10 .
In consideration of the payments agreed in Article
4, the Company shall have the right to import water, petroleum
fuel, machinery, motor cars and lorries, equipment, plant,
timber, utensils, ironwork, building materials, medicines,
office equipment and household furniture, and all other
materials equipment and goods required by the Company or its
employees for the purpose of its operations, but not for re
sale to others, and the right to export its petroleum and
petroleum products and articles previously imported by the
Company, free of customs or import or expert duty or taxes
or other charges. But the Company shall pay on all personal
goods clothing and general merchandise imported by it for sale
to its employees for their personal use and on food supplies the
ordinary duty in force in the State of Qatar.
The Company, its operations, income, profits and
Property shall be exempt and free during the period of this
Agreement from all present or future taxes or charges of any
kind.
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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).
- Written in
- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- 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)
- Copyright
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