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'File 10/3 VIII Qatar Oil Concession' [164r] (331/456)
The record is made up of 1 volume (226 folios). It was created in 9 May 1935-23 Nov 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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THIS AGREEMENT dated the fifth day
of June One thousand
nine hundred and thirty five, is made BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY'S
CK)VERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (hereinafter called "His Majesty^
Govern^lent ,, ) of the one part and the ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY LIMITED
(hereinafter called "the Company" which expression shall where the context
so admits be deemed to include its successors and/or assignees) of the
other part.
WHEREAS in the event of the Company obtaining a concession from
the Sheikh of Qatar (hereinafter called "the Sheikh") certain responsibili
ties will devolve on His Majesty's Government, the Company has agreed with
His Majesty's Government as follows
1. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in Article 12 of the Agreement
between the Company and the Sheikh, that agreement shall not be transferred
to any other company without the prior consent in writing of His Majesty's
Government, and any other company to which that agreement may be trans
ferred shall be and remain a British company registered in Great Britain
and having its principal place of business in Great Britain, and its
Chairman shall at all times be a British subject,
2. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in Article 12 of the Agreement
between the Company and the Sheikh, any subsidiary company shall be and
remain a British company registered in Great Britain and having its
principal place of business in Great Britain, and its Chairman shall at
all times be a British subject.
3. THE employees of the Company in Qatar shall at all times be British
subjects or subjects of the Sheikh, provided that, with the consent of His
Majesty's Government, such persons of other nationality as are required
for the efficient carrying on of the undertaking may be employed.
NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Agreement between the
Company and the Sheikh, the importation of foreign native labour shall be
subject to the approval of 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
FOR the purpose of dealing with the Qatar authorities one of the
superior local employees of the Company, who shall be a British subject,
shall be designated chief local representative of the Company in Qatar.
The approval of His Majesty's Government shall be required for the person
so designated. He will be ordinarily resident in Qatar and will be
responsible for the Company's local relations with the Qatar authorities,
which shall be conducted through the political representative of His
Majesty's Government in Qatar if and when such a representative is appointed
SUBJECT to the terms of the Agreement between the Company and the
Sheikh the Company undertakes at all times to pay due deference to the
wishes of the Sheikh and to the advice of the political representative (if
any) of His Majesty's Government in Qatar 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
ANY right given to the Company under its agreement with the Sheikh to
utilise means of transportation by air shall be subject to any general
regulations for civil aircraft made by the Sheikh on the advice of His
Majesty's Government.
^* NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Agreement between the
Company and the Sheikh the Company shall not have the right to use or
occupy, and shall not include in the areas to be acquired or utilised for
the purposes of its operations, any sites which may have been selected by
or on behalf of the Sheikh or His Majesty's Government for defence purposes,
for aerodromes, aeroplane or seaplane bases or for wireless and telegraph
installations or in connection with the development of harbours, provided
that with the consent of His Majesty's Government which shall not be
P.Z.3209/35
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The volume contains correspondence between 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Secretary of State for India and the Sheikh of Qatar about the Qatar Oil Concession and the protection offered to Qatar from His Majesty's Government, in exchange for the Oil Concession granted to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC).
The volume includes:
- copies of the Concession and copies of correspondence with the Sheikh, in English and Arabic, and copies of the agreement between the British Government and APOC;
- draft clauses of pre-emption of oil in case of national emergency or war (ff. 38-39 and 74-75);
- correspondence from Air Headquarters to 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. in Bahrain on the planning of an air reconnaissance of the neighbourhood in Doha;
- letters in English and Arabic from Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. informing the Shaikh of the reconnaissance and of the visit from 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. , who gave him a Medal in commemoration of the King-Emperor's Silver Jubilee (f. 140).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 215-221).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (226 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 215-221). 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 volume has a foliation number on the front top right of each folio. The numbering is in pencil, encircled, it starts on the first page of writing with 1, and ends on the back cover with 226. There is a second foliation, starting on f. 167 (numbered 167) and ending on f. 214 (numbered 193); the numbering from 193-212 reads right to left, as the document is in Arabic.
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- IOR/R/15/2/417
- Title
- 'File 10/3 VIII Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 52r:62v, 74r:75v, 164r:164v, 195r:214v
- Author
- Mylles, Charles Clark
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