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'File 10/3 V Qatar Oil Concession' [215r] (447/527)
The record is made up of 1 volume (254 folios). It was created in 14 May 1934-19 Jul 1934. 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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7. I was not clear asst to whether the Anglo-Saudi Treaty
of the 16th December 1916 was concluded in English or
had been signed, but said that there was certainly a signed
Arabic text. Such records as I possess tend to confirm this
and lead me to suppose that it was the only version. I have
therefore caused the Aranic text of the part of Article 1 wki
which Fuad Bey quotes in paragraph 2 of his memorandum to be
translated from the Arabic. The version does not differ
materially from thej^tg English translation usually used but
the Arabic word rendered "dependencies” in the latter implies j
perhaps rather more in the way of geographical continuation
and the word rendered "territories" represents the ordinaAy
Arabic word for boundaries. Fuad Bey attached importance
to the word corresponding to "categorically" in the enclosed
version, which does not appear in the usual English
Aranic. Fuad Bey was not certain whether an English text
translation.
8. I had some difficulty in understanding paragraph 3 of
Fuad Be^'s memorandum. His oral explanation made it clear
that the first two sentences contrasted two distinct things
via. the limits of the sovereignty of the Shaikh of ^atar
as "known among the Arab tribes", i.e. a traditional
boundary between the places of settled habitation like Doha
and their immediate surround and the unsettled portions of
and their
the peninsula; and a de_faeto boundary between the "Hajrat 1
or stony portion of the peninsula as a whole and the sandy
desert stretching up to the south of the peninsula. His
de facto boundary between the "Hajrat '
desert stretching up
references to Karaana suggested that he supposed it to lie
on this de facto boundary and to be further south than its
on this d.6 i 9 .cto Doun
position in the maps,
map showing it and I
We had not before us, however, any
it and I bid not wish to press Fuad Bey as
his/
to
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- Content
The volume 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, H.M's Minister in Jedda, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the subjects of the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.
The volume includes:
- letter from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mecca, to H.M's Minister in Jedda on the Qatar boundaries (f. 51);
- sketch of Qatar Peninsula (f. 113);
- telegram from the Persian Resident to the Secretary of State for India about Ibn Saud's claims to Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and the Sultanate of Oman, with chronological tables in attachment (ff. 134-143);
- diary of Qatar air reconnaissance tour by Flying Officer K.R. Coates, Intelligence Recording Officer of 203 (F.B.) Squadron in Basrah, in attachment hand drawn 'Track Chart of Flying Boat K. 3678 on 29 Jun 1934' ( ff. 153-162);
- 'Memorandum respecting the Boundaries in Arabia: Anglo-Turkish Arrangements' with printed map, enclosed in Foreign Office covering letter dated 19 June 1934 (ff. 185-187);
- report and notes on the reconnaissance of Qatar (ff. 195-208);
- telegram 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 dated 17 July 1934, informing that an extension for eight months of the exploration agreement was granted by the Sheikh of Qatar to APOC, in consideration of a monthly payment of 2500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per month (ff. 209-210). Ink sketch representing 'Very Rough Shape of Sakah Gardens' (f. 244).
There is an index (folios 227-249).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (254 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, (folios 277-249). 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 from 1-185; then 186, 187A, 187B, 188; then 223, 224A, 224B; and it carries on until 254, 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 1 (numbered 1); skipping or missing 57; then 112, 113, 113A; ending on folio 225 (numbered 227).
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- Title
- 'File 10/3 V Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:6v, 9r:14v, 17r:31v, 35r:45v, 47r:52v, 54v:80v, 83v, 84v, 86v, 87v:102v, 105r:112v, 114r:119v, 121r:121v, 123r:163r, 163ar:163av, 163v, 165r:174v, 177r:187v, 187br:187bv, 188r:191v, 193r:198r, 199r:222v, 223v, 224ar:224bv, 225r:253v, back-i
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