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Ref: IOR/R/15/2/415

The record is made up of 1 volume (234 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1934-14 Jan 1935. 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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BHITAMIC HOUSE,
FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON. E.G.2.
llth July, 1934.
Dear Walton,
QATAR .
You are, I think, faxailiar with the steps
we have recently taken to send Mr. Mylles to Qatar with
the object of renewing the option period for 6 months, or
possibly more.
It will not be possible, for various reasons,
to open up concession negotiations with the Shaikh for
several months, but my recollection is that we are
generally agreed with the 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. , etc. respecting
the character of the two Agreements (Government and Company)
which will govern the negotiations. However, I suggest
it will be desirable that we should have one meeting at the
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. , after the leave season, when we can be quite
sure that we are keeping step.
There is one point arising out of our last
meeting on which I think it desirable to write you: I am
referring to the clause respecting ! refining' in the Government
Agreement. You may remember that at the discussion in the
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. , at which Mr. Agnew was present, he expressed
dislike for the wording of the Refining Clause as it appears
in the Kuwait Political Agreement and suggested another method
of meeting the situation. However, at a discussion I
recently had with him, in which he learnt that the Kuwait
Political Agreement would not be published to the world,
or referred to in the Commercial Agreement, he agreed that,
subject to the same procedure being followed in the case of
Qatar/
Walton, Esq., C.B., M.C.,
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. ,
Whitehall, S.W.I.
, 4596/34.

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The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and memoranda exchanged between the 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. 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. and with the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.

The volume includes:

correspondence between APOC and the 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. on the Qatar Oil Concession, mentioning the opportunity to build a refinery in Qatar;
information about Bahrain [Buraini)] and its surroundings, with list of tribes which paid Zakah to Ibn Saud in 1922 and the Amir of Hasa in 1926, which includes number of men, camels and sheep for each tribe (ff. 45-56);
'Historical Memorandum of the relations of the Wahabi Amirs and Ibn Saud with Eastern Arabia and the British Government, 1800-1934' , published by the 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. on 26 September 1934, containing a printed map 'APPENDIX C. MAP SHOWING THE EXTENT OF WAHABI AND OF MUSCAT POWER, 1865 ' (ff. 61-91A);
draft of Qatar Oil Agreement attached to 14 January 1935 letter from A.P.O.C. to 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. .

There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-228).

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1 volume (234 folios)

Arrangement

The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, (folios 216-228). 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.

Physical characteristics

The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, then 90, 91A, 91B, 92; and then carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting on folio 27 (numbered 17); and ending on folio 214 (numbered 201).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/415
Title: 'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession'
Pages: 21r:24r
Author: Hearn, A C
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