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Coll 30/87(2) Part I 'Qatar: Oil Concession.' [493r] (1002/1310)
The record is made up of 4 volumes (639 folios). It was created in 14 Jan 1935-8 Nov 1944. 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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Company or interferes in any way with the safety of its operations of which the
ompany shall be the sole judge. Any wharves or appurtenances constructed by
me Company shall be ror its exclusive use.
ihe Company may use for the purposes of its operations the harbours along the
coast of Kuwait but the Company shall not impede or interfere with the subjects
of the Shaikh or their right to continue the use of existing harbours, anchorages,
wharves and docks along the coast of Kuwait at present utilised by them for their
sailing craft and fishing boats.
4rtmZe 6 —(A) Ihe Company shall maintain in the region of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
m re P^ eseilt in matters relating to this Agreement
with the shaikh. Ihe Shaikh has the right to select on the first occasion the Chief
Local Representative in consultation with His Majesty’s Government.
^ The Shaikh shall have the right to appoint an Arab conversant with the
English language to act as his Official Representative and who will represent him
m Kuwait in matters relating to this Agreement with the Company and particularly
whenevei unskilled labour is recruited from among the subjects of the Shaikh this
Representative shall be consulted and advise the Company regardino- any such
recruitment. The salary of the Representative shall not be less than Ruoees' Eio-ht
hundred (Rs. 800) per month, and such salary shall be paid by th e P Company
monthly to the Representative as from the date of his appointment by the Shaikh.
(C) -The Shaikh shall have the right to' appoint—from the effective date of this
Agreement—a Representative in London to represent the Shaikh in all matters
relating to this Agreement with the Company in its London Office and such
Representative shall have full access to the production records of the Company
including the agenda of the Board meetings and shall be entitled to attend the
Board’s meetings at which the Shaikh’s interests are discussed. The salary of such
Representative -shall not be less than
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Two thousand two hundred and fifty
(Rs. 2,250) per month which shall be paid to the Representative by the Company
and not by the Shaikh. The salary of such Representative shall be paid either in
London or Bombay as requested by him. Travelling and general expenses of the
Repiesentative shall be defiayed from tlm above-mentioned sum of Runees
Two thousand two hundred and fifty (Rs. 2,250). 1
(D) If at any time dining the currency of this Agreement any dispute shall
arise regarding the accuracy of the accounts of the Company in connection with
the amount of the Royalty and/or other payments due to the Shaikh under this
Agreement, the Shaikh shall have the right to appoint in consultation with His
Majesty’s Government a registered firm of Auditors to examine the books of the
Company, on behalf of the Shaikh, at Kuwait and/or in London as he may consider
necessary. All expenditure incurred in connection with such auditing shall be
paid by the Shaikh.
The Company shall provide the registered firm of Auditors appointed bv the
Shaikh the necessary facilities to enable them to check the books and registers of
the Company and to render every assistance to enable the Auditors to thoroughly
examine such accounts and in every way to assist them safeguard the interests of
the Shaikh.
The Shaikh shall regard as confidential all information supplied in connection
with all such auditing with the exception of such items as may have an actual
bearing on the dispute or are connected with it.
Article 7.— (A) The Company shall have the right to import water, petroleum,
fuel, machinery, motor-cars and lorries, equipment, plant, timber, utensils, iron work’
building materials, food, supplies, medicines, medical supplies, office' equipment
and household furniture, and all other materials, equipment and goods of whatso
ever nature required by the Company and its employees for the purposes of its
operations hereunder but not for resale to others, and to export its petroleum and
articles previously imported by the Company free of customs or import or export
duty and taxes or other charges, but it shall pay on all personal goods, clothing
and general merchandise imported by the Company for the personal use of its
employees or for resale to them, the ordinary duty in force for the time beino- hi
the State of Kuwait. Saving as in Article 3 and in this Article provided, & the
Company, its operations, income, profits and property including petroleum shall be
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The file concerns the signing of the agreement between the British Government, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) (later the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company), and the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī] to award the company an exclusive oil concession in Qatar (also spelled Qatr and Katr). The file also concerns preliminary oil explorations in Qatar, and the subsequent suspension of operations on the orders of the British Government.
The papers cover: discussion, drafts and text of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Qatar and APOC (signed 17 May 1935); discussion, draft and text of the political agreement between HM Government and APOC (signed 5 June 1935); the use by the Shaikh of modern, Egyptian Arabic to make comments on the draft (folios 624-625); British support for the proposal that disputes between foreign employees of the company and inhabitants of Qatar should not be submitted to the Shara [Sharia] courts (folio 604); intelligence on the activities of the Standard Oil Company [California-Arabia Standard Oil Company] (e.g. folio 443); British emphasis that military protection would be afforded to the Shaikh of Qatar on condition that he awarded the oil concession to APOC, and the assumption by Britain of responsibility for the protection of Qatar (e.g. folios 400-403); the transfer of the concession from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (e.g. folios 335-357); the payment of salaries to the Shaikh's representatives (e.g. folios 294-295); water drilling operations by the company (e.g. folios 237-241); references to Qatar's disputed border with Saudi Arabia; reports of preliminary drilling results and first discoveries of oil (1939-41); employment of foreign personnel by Petroleum Concessions Limited in Qatar (folios 180-182); the suspension of drilling operations on the orders of HM Government in 1942 as a result of war conditions, including correspondence on the subject between British officials and the Shaikh of Qatar, 1942-43; note that the suspension had been ordered because the British military authorities were unable to spare sufficient personnel to ensure the destruction of the oil wells, should the military situation demand it (folio 41); correspondence dated 1944 concerning a proposed increase in world oil refining capacity; and further correspondence dated 1944 concerning the boundary between Qatar and Bahrain at Hawar Island.
The main correspondents are senior officials 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. , representatives of the oil companies concerned, 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. .
The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately 30 folios of correspondence, largely between British officials and the Ruler of Qatar.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 4 volumes (639 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: this file consists of four physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover of volume one (ff 1-161) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume four (ff 486-647); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 30/87(2) Part I 'Qatar: Oil Concession.'
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- 254r:255v, 300r:305v, 363r:370v, 373r:373v.417r:418v, 449r:454v, 460r:460v, 467r:467v, 476r:476v, 478r:482v, 490r:495v, 535r:547v, 576r:585v, 603r:603v, 607r:616v, 626r:635v
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