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Coll 30/164 'Oil: Oil Concesssions on the Trucial Coast:- Kalba.' [12v] (25/244)
The record is made up of 1 file (119 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1938-17 Jul 1940. 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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be unreasonably withheld the Company shall have the right to use for the
purposes of its operations such harbours as may be developed by the
Sheikh or His Majesty*s Government if there is not reasonable harbour
accommodation available elsewhere. Subject to the terms of the agreement
between the Company and the Sheikh harbours developed by the Company
shall be under its complete and exclusive control.
TELEGRAPH, wireless and telephone installations, if any, maintained
by the Company shall be for use only in its business and as provided in
the concession, and shall be so constructed and operated that their
operations shall not interfere with the operations of such wireless,
telegraph or telephone installations as may be established by the Sheikh
or His Majesty's Government, or their agent.
THE Company, whether they shall have been consulted by the Sheikh
or not, will not tender him any advice in the matter of the opening of a
branch of a bank in Kalba without previous consultation with His
Majesty's Government.
IN the event of a state of national emergency or war (of the
existence of either of which His Majesty's Government shall be the sole
judge) His Majesty's Government shall have the right of pre-emption of
all the oil produced in Kalba in accordance with the terms of the
Schedule hereto.
THE Company shall obtain the prior permission of the Sheikh before
working in any particular area, in order that the Sheikh may be in a
position to fulfil his responsibilities for the protection of the Company.
In any case in which the Company feels that the free movement of its
personnel within the concession area is being unnecessarily restricted
the matter shall be referred to 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 WITNESS whereof
on behalf of
His Majesty's Government (#as hereunto set his hand and seal and the
Company has hereunto caused its Common Seal to be affixed the day and
year first above written.
THE SCHEDULE above referred to
Pre-emption Clause.
In the event of a state of national emergency or war (of the
existence of which His Majesty's Government shall be the sole judge) -
(1) His Majesty's Government shall have the right of pre-emption of
all crude oil gotten under the Concession granted by the Sheikh to the
Company and of all the products thereof and shall have the right to
require the Company to the extent of any refining capacity it may have in
Kalba to produce oil fuel that shall comply with the Admiralty
specifications at the time provided that Kalba oil be of a suitable kind
and quality for this purpose.
(2) The Company shall use its utmost endeavours to increase so far
as reasonably possible with existing facilities the supply of oil and/or
products thereof for the Government to the extent required by the
Government.
(3) The Company shall with every reasonable expedition and so as to
avoid demurrage on the vessel or vessels engaged to convey the same, do
its utmost to deliver all oil or products of oil purchased by the
Government under their said right of pre-emption in the quantities at the
time and in the manner required by the Government at a convenient place
of shipment or at a place of storage in Kalba to be determined by His
Majesty's Government. In the event of a vessel employed to carry any
such oil or products thereof on behalf of His Majesty being detained on
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The file concerns the signing of the Kalba oil concession. The concession consisted of the commercial agreement between Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Sultan [Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī], Regent of Kalba, 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, signed on 20 December 1938 (copy folios 94-102); and the political agreement between HM Government 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, signed on 11 April 1940 (signed copy folios 12-13).
The papers cover: correspondence from 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, and its parent company, Petroleum Concessions Limited; information on political developments in Kalba; the progress of negotiations over the oil concession; the opinion 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. that it was Shaikh Khalid's ambition to reunite the whole of the Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. territories under his own rule (folio 108); drafts of the political agreement; comments on the drafts by the Petroleum Department, the Foreign Office, 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. ; British Government approval for the signing of the oil concession; and British satisfaction that the income derived by the Regent of Kalba would be not be 'dissipated, or appropriated to his own use' (e.g. folio 18).
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 (119 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 120; 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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