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Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.' [111r] (221/369)
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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5
\ (a)—From
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.
to Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim
al Thani, Ruler of Qatar.
No. 0/204/35.
After compliments,
Office of 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.
,
H.M.S. Bideford at Doha,
5th June 1935.
His Majesty’s Government have been furnished with a copy of the Agreement
signed by you on the 17th May 1935 granting to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
aiT oil concession in respect of Qatar 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 which has been concluded between His Majesty’s Government and
the Anglo- Persian Oil Company in London.
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 :—
{a) 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 June
1935 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.
(b) If the Company should fail to observe any of the terms of the agreement
between the Company and His Majesty’s Government signed m London
on 5th June 1935 or if the alleged failure having been disputed by the
Company the matter has been referred to arbitration under Article 16 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 shall be fixed by the arbitrators for so doing then
in these cases, as in the cases mentioned in Article 14 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 aiicl yourself,
and that all properties of the Company within the State of Qatar shall
become your property, and that they will hand over to you free of cost
land ^ranted to the Company by you and any lands or buildings which
the Company may have bought and any houses or buildings constructed
by the Company and all other irremovable property of the Company
within the State of Qatar, including the producing wells and borings
which shall be handed over in reasonably good order and repair.
Usual ending.
(Sd.) T. C. Fowle, Lt.-Col.,
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.
.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3872
- Title
- Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 11v:15v, 17r:19v, 24r:24v, 26r:31v, 33r:59v, 67r:77v, 79r:80v, 90r:90v, 98r:104v, 107v, 108v, 111r, 112r:131v, 134r:151v, 154r:165v, 167r:184v, back
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