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'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast' [‎170r] (343/576)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (286 folios). It was created in 10 May 1923-9 Jan 1924. 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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shall hold good and the fixed rent of Rs.30,000 shall
not be payable in respect of such delay.
Articles V. VI, VII, and YIII. As Articles X- XIII
of the original agreement, subject to correction of
the numeration of the Articles quoted therein.
Article IX. The Company shall carry on work within
the leased area with all proper zeal and diligence and
shall maintain at least two rigs in continuous opera
tion, except in so far as they may be prevented by
causes beyond their own control. In the event of the
Company failing within 5 years of the comnencement of
this lease to declare that oil has been found in
coinnercially payable quantities the Sheikh shall have
the power to call upon the Company either to give
forthwith the undertaking mentioned in the preceding
article or to abandon the lease.
Article X. In the event of the Company failing
within six months of the end of any calendar year to
pay to the Sheikh the royalties due in respect of that
calendar year or failing, save for causes beyond their
own control, to carry out their other obligations
under this lease the Sheikh shall have the power to
terminate the lease in which case the provisions of
the last sentence but one ,of Article II (i.e. the last
sentence of Article VII of the original Agreement)
shall apply.
Article XI, The rights conveyed by this lease shall
not be conveyed to a third party without the consent
of

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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State 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. in London, 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 Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat, local rulers, Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited representatives on the negotiations for oil concessions in Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd [Najd, Jubail, Saudi Arabia], Qatar, Muscat, Oman and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

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1 volume (286 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the beginning of the volume, on folio 3.

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The main foliation is in pencil, encircled, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, then 2-63; 64A and 64B; 65-195; 196A and 196B and it carries on to the last folio, ending on 284. There is another foliation sequence, which is incomplete.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast' [‎170r] (343/576), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/619, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023833826.0x000090> [accessed 16 April 2024]

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