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'File 10/3 VII Qatar Oil Concession' [134r] (282/536)
The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 17 Jan 1935-30 Apr 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 was made on the day
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^5 between His Excellency Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al-Thani,
Ruler of Qatr, (who is hereinafter called "the Shaikh", and this
expression, whenever the contract requires shall include his
successors and assigns), on the one part, and Charles Clark Mylles,
on behalf of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co„Ltd. (which will hereinafter
be called as the "Company^ and this expression shall, whenever it
is required by the contract, include its assigns), on the other part.
Agreement is hereby concluded between the Shaikh and the
Company as follows
Article First. The Shaikh grants to the Company, in virtue of
this Agreement, and under the following conditions, the sole right,
throughout the principality of Qatr, to explore, to prospect, to
drill for and to extract and to ship and to export and the right to
refine and sell petroleum and natural gases, ozokerite, asphalt and
everything which is extracted therefrom, which shall hereinafter be
called "the substances". If the Company discovers, in the course
of its investigation and general activities, any minerals other than
the substances mentioned in the first article, e^g. gold or iron
oxide or any other minerals, it shall not be justified to appropriate
the same, but must inform the Shaikh of their discovery; and the
Shaikh shall have full right to, ..and absolute control over, those
Minerals which have been extracted^ and he shall be free in granting
concessions for the extracting of those minerals to any Company or
Companies or to dispose of those minerals in any manner he considers
to be consistent to his interests.
Second, Subject to the conditions of Article 7> below, the
Company can operate in any part of the State of Qatr as is defined
b e low, but it will not operate on places such as religious lands,
cemeteries, lands occupied by religious buildings or by essential
enterprise by their owners as may exist on the date of the signature
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between 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. , 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. and 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 with the Shaikh of Qatar, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the borders of Qatar, the oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdoms with Ibn Saud.
The volume includes:
- 'SKETCH MAP OF QATAR PENINSULA' (ff. 5 and 23);
- draft of the Qatar Oil Concession and copy of the Kuwait Oil Agreement, 5 March 1934;
- telegram sent on 6 March 1935 from 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. to the Secretary of State for India, informing that a further extension of the exploration agreement was granted for 2 months by the Sheikh of Qatar to Mr Mylles, representing A.P.O.C. (f. 48);
- correspondence on the negotiation to find an agreement on some articles and on the financial conditions of the concession;
- drafts of the agreement with A.P.O.C. sent by Shaikh Abdullah and notes of the discussion at 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. ;
- there are some letters to and from the Shaikh in the file, in Arabic with English translation;
- papers regarding a visit to Qatar of 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;
- telegram sent on 30 April 1935 form 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. to the Vice-Consul at Mohammerah informing that the agreement has been signed (f. 236).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 250-256).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (261 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 250-256. 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 on the front top right of each folio. The numbering is in pencil, mostly encircled, starting with 1 on the first page of writing and ending on back cover with 261. There is a second foliation, uncircled, starting from folio 26 (numbered 25) and ending on folio 101 (numbered 100).
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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/15/2/416
- Title
- 'File 10/3 VII Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 102r:111r, 134r:143r
- Author
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
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