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Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.' [96r] (191/365)
The record is made up of 1 file (181 folios). It was created in 24 Aug 1936-2 Dec 1937. 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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Article 5(^0 - AS AMliJDlD :
”At the end of every year from the date upon which
the Company makes in writing to the Shaikh the
declaration that the Substances have been dis
covered in commercial quantities
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
80,000
(Eighty thousana) or
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
3 (three)per English
ton of 2,240 lbs. in respect of the Substances
(other than natural gas) won and saved during the
preceding calendar year, whichever is the greater”.
Article 5(d) - ADDED:
"Annas 2 (two) per 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas
produced and sold".
(Last sentence of existing Article 5 remains).
Article 9(c) - AS AMENDED :
"The Company may import such alcoholic drinks ana
liquor as the Company may require for the use of
their foreign employees but only with the written
permission 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.
, Bahrain, but
H
the Company shall not sell
(remainder of sub-Article unaltered)
J QR ALTERNATIVELY :
"but only with the written permission of the Shaikh
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.
, Bahrain, but the Company
ti
Article 10 (third paragraph) - AS AMENDED :
"Further in the event of any of the Company*s.
employees — whether he be a senior or a junior
employee — committing an offence which may cause
disorder or interfere with the politics or subjects
of the State of Dubai or excite them to sedition,
then the Shaikh may apply 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.
,
Bahrain, to send the person concerned — if a
foreigner — out of the State of Dubai, but if a
subject of the Shaikh, then the Shaikh may arrest
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The file concerns the drafting of the Dubai Oil Concession commercial agreement between the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Said bin Maktum Al-Hasher [Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm]) and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The agreement was signed on 22 May 1937 (folios 38-55). The Ruler of Dubai also agreed to the following conditions set by the British Government:
- The commercial agreement was to be subordinate to the political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, signed on 5 February 1937
- If the Company failed to observe any of the terms of the political agreement, the Ruler had the right to terminate the commercial agreement, and take over all the company's properties within his territory.
The papers include draft and signed copies of the agreement; correspondence 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. and representatives of the Company over the wording of the agreement; comments from other British Government departments (e.g. the Foreign Office and the Air Ministry); and 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. confidential print entitled 'Dubai Oil Concession and Connected Documents' (Memo. B 458).
The Arabic language content of the file consists of draft and signed copies of the agreement in both English and Arabic.
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
- 1 file (181 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 182; 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3873
- Title
- Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
- Pages
- 21r:21v, 95r:97v, 131r:131v, 142r:144v, 160r:160v
- Author
- Longrigg, Stephen Hemsley
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