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'F.85 File 82/27-IV Qatar Oil' [17r] (42/422)
The record is made up of 1 volume (207 folios). It was created in 1 May 1934-1 Jul 1934. It was written in English. 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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Telegram xx
From H.IvU f s Minister, «Tedda.
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Secretary of State for foreign Affairs,
London» No # 88 #
Repeated to Gove mine nt af India, SIMLA* lTo*26»
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.
, Bushire. No#83•
Dated 2nd (receiTed 3rd ) May 19 34#
My telegram 83.
?UAD returned to-dai'' for sane hours only.
He referred more definitely to my note using studiously,
conciliatory language "but making it clear that Ibn Saud
could not regard settlement vjith former ^nominal"sovereignty
as binding. He suggested that there vsould he imminent
difficulty in adjustment "by negotiation and quoted precedent
of Kuwait agreement of 192S. Country involved ^as barren
and presented no interest except its possible future
interest in connection with oil.
As Fuad applied the words "de facto" to
previous settlement with ^urks I emphasised its juridical
nature. I explained that various circumstances in last
37-ear had directed attention to regions in question and
dwelt on importance to His Majesty's Government of their
sphere of influence. I said matter had been considered
deeply, when His Majesty's Government were confronted
with enquiries by a third Power it had been considered
courteous to inform Saudi Government of reply given to that
3?ower.
As T?uad seemed to be sounding me as to how to
proceed with a view to a new agreed settlement I intimated
that next step la37' with Saudi Government who might have been
expected/
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The volume contains correspondence 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. at Bahrain 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. at Bushire, 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. in London, the Shaikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, and the Foreign Office in regard to the southern borders of Qatar, the Qatar oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdom with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), King of Saudi Arabia. There is also correspondence regarding an air reconnaissance of Qatar to be carried out via RAF flying boats, which took place on 9 May 1934, including reports of the reconnaissance (folios 147-154).
Some of the documents in the volume are marked as secret or confidential.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (207 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 196-202). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume; they give brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is written in pencil, circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.The numbering begins on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 207.
There is another foliation sequence, incomplete.
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- IOR/R/15/1/629
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- 'F.85 File 82/27-IV Qatar Oil'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:90v, 91v:118v, 121r:168v, 169v, 172v, 174v, 175v:206v, 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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