'Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953: Appendices, Genealogical Tables' [151v] (89/142)
The record is made up of 1 volume (65 folios). It was created in c 1953. 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 construction of houses works or other structures in suitable places on the said
Isiands for the residence and working of supervisors and labourers and all other
persons or things required to be employed or used in connection with the recovery
of the said Red Oxide and its exportation and the doing of all necessary things in
relation thereto and undertakes that he will not demand any taxes rents customs
duty or other payments of any description beyond the sum per British ton o Oxide
so exported or the minimum payment of Two thousand
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
as aforesaid.
7. The Commander on his part agrees to defray all expenditure in relation
to the recovery and exportation of the said Red Oxide including all expenses of
digging mining transport labour and Boat hire And further that he and his servants
or agents will not molest or interfere with the Divers living on the said Islands or
in their work.
If any dispute question or doubt shall arise on the construction meaning or
intent of this Agreement the same shall be referred to the arbitration of the British
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.
or any person whom he may appoint the
decision of such British
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.
or other person to be binding on both
parties to this Agreement.
As witness the hands of the parties hereto the day and year first above written.
Signed by the said SHEIK SULTAN
BIN SAGAR OF SHARJAH.
Signed by the said ROBERT
CORBETT BAYLDON.
(ii)
(Paragraph 157)
Supplementary Concession Agreement signed between the Ruler of
Sharjah and Commander R. C. Bayldon
An Agreement made the day of One thousand nine
hundred and thirty-five between Sheik Sultan bin Sagar of Sharjah on the Trucial
Coast of Arabia (hereinafter called " the Sheik " which expression shall include
his heirs successors and assigns) of the one part and Commander Robert Corbett
Bayldon R.N. (Retired) of Gillots House Henley-on-Thames in the County of
Oxon England (hereinafter called k ' the Commander" which expression shall
include his successors in title and assigns) of the other part Supplemental to an
Agreement dated the Twenty-eighth day of January One thousand nine hundred
and thirty-five and made beween the Sheik of the one part and the Commander of
the other part (hereinafter referred to as " the Principal Agreement " ).
Whereby it is agreed as follows; —
1. The houses works or other structures on the Islands of Musa and Sir Abu
Na'Air referred to in Clause 6 of the Principal Agreement shall after the
determination or expiry of the Principal Agreement become the property of the
Sheik and the Commander shall have no right whatsoever to them.
2. If at the determination or expiry of the Principal Agreement any part of
the minimum amount of tons of Oxide (that is to say Twenty-one thousand
English tons during twenty-one years as provided for in the Principal Agreement)
has not been taken by the Commander the Commander shall have no right to the
balance outstanding but if the said minimum quantity shall have been exceeded
royalty on such excess at the rate fixed by the Principal Agreement shall be paid
to the Sheik by the Commander.
3. If any aggression is done to the Commander his servants or agents by any
of the subjects of the Sheik the Sheik will take steps to punish the same but if
aggression is done by any foreign subjects the Sheik shall not be held responsible.
4. The places of construction of residences for labourers employed in
connection with the production of the Oxide shall be approved and fixed bv the
Sheik or his Agents and approved by the Commander or his Agents on his behalf
before the construction is commenced provided that the Sheik shall permit the
same to be erected in places reasonably suitable for the mining of the Oxide.
As Witness the hands of the parties hereto the day and year first above written
Signed by the said SHEIK SULTAN Signed by the said ROBERT
BIN SAGAR OF SHARJAH. CORBETT BAYLDON.
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Appendices to IOR/R/15/1/731(1). The appendices relate to the chapter on general matters, and to the chapters on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Muscat. Also includes genealogical tables of Ruling Families in the Gulf at the end of the volume and (separately filed) further handwritten genealogical tables.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 110 on the front cover and terminates at 176 on the last of the loose folios stored in polyester sheets. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The foliation sequence is a continuation of that in the main part of the document - IOR/R/15/1/731(1).
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