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Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.' [9v] (18/369)
The record is made up of 1 file (183 folios). It was created in 2 Apr 1936-25 May 1937. It was written in English. 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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Annexure.
To His Excellency,
Shaikh Said Bin Maktum Al-EIashar,
Ruler of Dubai.
Your Excellency, Dubai, 2Jnd May 1937.
Greetings : I am authorised by my Company to inform \onr Excellency that
should Your Excellency see fit to appoint a Loudon Representative after discovery
of oil in commercial quantities such Representative will have access to the
management of the Company at any reasonable time for the purposes of making
representations which Your Excellency may wish him to make regarding the
working of the Concession Agreement that Your Excellency graciously granted to
this Company on 22nd May 1937 corresponding to 11th Rabi-Awwal 1356.
The Company s officials will be pleased to supply all information to such
Representative pertaining to oil production and the Company’s operations generally
in Dubai at any reasonable time.
With expressions of deep respect and regard for the person of Your Excellency.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Excellency’s obedient Servant,
FRANK HOLMES,
For and on behalf of
Petroleum Concessions, Limited.
No. 3
Copy of letter from Captain Hickinbotham,
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, dated the
22nd May 1937, No. T/l of 1937, to Shaikh Sa'id Bin Maktum, O.B.E.,
Ruler of Dubai.
After compliments,
His Majesty’s Government have been furnished with a copy of the Agreement
[No. 2] signed by you on the 22nd May 1937 granting to 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, which is a subsidiary Company of Petroleum Concessions
Limited, an oil concession in respect of your territory on the understanding that the
Agreement is subject to the approval of His Majesty’s Government.
2. Under instructions from His Majesty’s Government I now enclose a copy of
an Agreement (No. 1) which has been concluded between His Majesty’s Government
and Petroleum Concessions, Limited, in London on 5th February 1937.
3. It is desirable that there should be a clear understanding as to the position
which would arise in certain eventualities in connection with these two Agreements,
and I am to inform you that in these circumstances the understanding described
below has been reached with the Company:—
(а) Should any of the terms of the Agreement between you and the Company
be inconsistent or in conflict with the terms of the Agreement between the
Company and His Majesty’s Government signed in London on 5th February 1937
the Agreement between you and the Company will to the extent of any such
inconsistency or conflict be subordinate to and be controlled by the terms
of the Agreement between the Company and His Majesty’s Government.
(б) If the Company should fail to observe any of the terms of the Agreement
between the Company and His Majesty’s Government signed in London on
5th February 1937, or if the alleged failure having been disputed by the
Company the matter has been referred to arbitration under Article 24 of
the Company’s Agreement with you (which is made applicable to the case
by Article 11 of the Agreement between the Company and His Majesty’s
Government) and the Company should not remedy such failure within the
reasonable time which should be fixed by the arbitrators for so doing then
in these cases, as in the cases mentioned in Article 19 of the Company’s
Agreement with you, but in no other, the Company agrees that you will be
entitled to terminate the Agreement between the Company and yourself, and
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The file concerns the preparation and signing of two agreements relating to the Debai [Dubai] oil concession:
- Political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary company, 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, setting out the terms in the event of the Company obtaining a concession from the Shaikh of Dubai
- Refinery agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited (and its subsidiary companies) relating to the refining of crude oil, setting out the terms for the erection of a refinery or refineries on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The papers include: comments by various British Government departments (including the Admiralty, Air Ministry, Petroleum Department and the Foreign Office); drafts of the agreements; correspondence from Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL); correspondence concerning the insertion of a pre-emption clause in the political agreement setting out the British Government's right of pre-emption of all crude oil obtained under the concession in the event of a state of national emergency or war; signed copies of the two agreements, dated 5 February 1937 (folios 20-23); 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', containing copies of the political agreement, the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Dubai and Petroleum Concessions Limited, dated 22 May 1937, and related correspondence.
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.
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- 1 file (183 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 184; 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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