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Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.' [107r] (213/369)
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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The award of arbitration shall be consistent with the legal principles familiar to
civilised nations.
The decision of the majority of arbitrators shall be final, and the place of
arbitration shall be Qatr.
On giving any award, the arbitrators shall fix a sufficient time within which
the party against whom the award is given, should carry out the said award. And
that party shall be considered at fault only when he fails to comply with the award
before the expiry of the aforesaid period and not otherwise.
Article Seventeenth. —The labourers employed by the Company must be from
amongst the Shaikh’s own subjects or from amongst those approved by the Shaikh,
excepting technical employees and the managers and clerks whom the Company may
require and whom it cannot find in the country. As the Shaikh prescribes as a
condition the dismissal of any employee whose retention is disapproved by the
Shaikh, if the Shaikh has observed any irregular conduct on his part. And it
naturally follows that the wages which the Company pays to the employees from
amongst Qatr people shall be reasonable.
Article Eighteenth. —The Shaikh and the Company declare that they base action
upon this Agreement on the basis of good faith and pure belief and upon the
interpretation of this Agreement in a manner consistent with reason. And the
Company undertakes to acknowledge the Shaikh’s authority and his rights in his
capacity as the Ruler of the State of Qatr principality and to respect them in every
manner.
Article Nineteenth. —Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the
Shaikh in any manner whatever from granting concessions to other parties for
anything excepting the Substances mentioned in the First Article provided that the
said concessions do not interfere with the rights of the Company or its operations in
accordance with this Agreement.
Article Twentieth. —The Company will pay all the sums due to the Shaikh, in
accordance with this Agreement, into the Shaikh’s account in the Eastern Bank
Limited in Bahrein and the receipt taken from that Bank shall be a full acquittance
of the Company’s liability for the sum mentioned in the Bank’s receipt. The
Shaikh may, from time to time appoint another Bank or other Banks for the
purposes of this Article, and this shall be done in writing.
Article Twenty-First —This Agreement shall be binding upon both parties and
their successors and assigns ; and it has been written in Arabic and English and all
due care has been taken to make the two texts identical in meaning. And if any
difference should arise as to the meaning or the interpretation of any article, at
any time, the Arabic version is to be relied upon.
Article Twenty-Second. —The expression year, month and day used in this
Agreement shall mean what is consistent with the English Solar Calendar and not
any other.
IN WITNESS whereof the two parties have hereunto set their hands and seals
on the day and in the year mentioned in the preamble.
(Signed) Abdullah Bin Qasim Al Tjiani,
Ruler of Qatar.
Witness.
Salih bin Sulaiman
al Mani.
For the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd.,
C. C. Mylles,
Representative.
H. H. Hilmi.
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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)
- 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 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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