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'File 10/3 II Qatar Oil Concession' [‎142r] (298/520)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (252 folios). It was created in 1916-1934. 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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( d) Cn a s eparat e p o i nt, the Company 1 s
representatives were very reluctant to agree
to any specific safeguard for the political
interests involved or for the position of
the Sheikh in the clause, and the suggestion
was made that it might be possible to meet
the difficulties felt by the interested
Departments of His Majesty's Government by an
exchange of letters in which the Company would
undertake to give all due deference to the
views of His Majesty's Government and the
Sheikh in the exercise of their rights
under this article. To this we understood
that the Company's representatives agreed
and so long as it is understood that the
point will be covered in a separate agreement
between the Company and His ZJajesty's
Government we do not wish to press for its
insertion here,
irtiole 7. (a) So long the safeguards aesired
hy His Majesty's Government in respect on
air facilities etc. are dealt with in a
separate agreement between His Majesty's
Government and the Company, no modification
of the first sub -paragraph of this article
to cover tnis point will be necessary.
(b) The Company have agreed to insert
"vith the constint of and" after .ford
"leased by it" in the opening sentence of
sub -paragraph 2. '-e suggest on a point of
drafting that in the same sentence oh. words
"but the terms of such purchase ui le
shall not be in excess" etc. shoula
substituted/

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The papers in this volume date mostly from 1933-1934. The volume contains copies of correspondence between 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. at Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India in London about oil concession in Qatar and the negotiations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Sheikh of Qatar.

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There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 243-247).

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1 volume (252 folios)
Arrangement

The items in the volume are arranged in chronological order from earliest to latest with earlier documents attached to the file. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 243-247. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation starts on the first page of writing on the top right-hand corner and finishes on the back cover, on folio 252. Numbers are in pencil, circled. There is a second foliation in blue crayon first and then in black pencil on the top centre and then on the top right corner, uncircled, starting on folio 1 (numbered 1) to folio 26 (numbered 26) , then folio 27 (numbered 26a) to folio 47 (numbered 26v), folio 48 (numbered 27) ending on folio 242 (numbered 220).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'File 10/3 II Qatar Oil Concession' [‎142r] (298/520), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/411, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023464531.0x000063> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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