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Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.' [108r] (215/369)
The record is made up of 1 file (183 folios). It was created in 2 Apr 1936-25 May 1937. 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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2(a)
To His Excellency Shaikh
Abdullah bin Qasim ath Thani,
Ruler of Qatr.
^ir,
In view of your having signed the Oil Concession for the State of Qatr in
favour of this Company, I am authorised by the Company to give you the following
undertakings additional to all the undertakings set forth in the Concession:—
(1) The Company will drill two artesian wells free of charge at such place as
may be selected by His Excellency the Shaikh.
(2) The Company will warn all its employees that they should respect and give
heed to general laws and religious customs, and that they should not
display in public forbidden things such as intoxicating liquors.
(3) Consequent on the demand of His Excellency the Shaikh for the employment
of informed persons in Qatr, who should represent His Excellency in
exercising what may be necessary in regard to his rights in accordance
with this concession, the Company undertakes to pay the salaries of such
informed persons, whose number should not be more than two persons
only on condition that these salaries shall be reasonable and in keeping
with their positions and duties.
(4) The Company will supply to His Excellency the Shaikh either in cash or in
kind at the Company’s option annually until oil is won and saved into
storage :—
Two thousand tins (2,000) of petrol,
Three thousand tins (3,000) of kerosene ;
and thereafter—
Five thousand tins (5,000) of petrol,
Ten thousand tins (10,000) of kerosene.
It is requested that you will let me have your acceptance in writing of these
undertakings.
For Anglo-Persian Oil Co., Ltd.,
(Sd.) Chas. Mylles,
17th May 1935. Representative.
2 ( 6 )
To His Excellency Shaikh
Abdullah bin Qasim ath Thani,
Ruler of Qatr. Doha, Qatr,
gi r> 17th May 1935.
Referring to Article Seventh in the Agreement of the Concession, the land
which surrounds the castle of the Shaikh in Doha is exempt from all operations
of the Company and its works, and this land will be defined by the Shaikh, as is
the case at Riyan.
For Anglo-Persian Oil Co., Ltd.,
(Sd.) Chas. Mylles,
Representative.
2 (c)
To His Excellency Shaikh
Abdullah al Qasim ath Thani,
Ruler of Qatr. Doha, Qatr,
Sir^ 17th May 1935.
I am instructed to inform you that 1 have signed the Agreement of the
Oil Concession of Qatr in accordance with my authority from the Anglo-Persian
Oil Co., Ltd., on the understanding that it is subject to the approval of His
Britannic Majesty’s Government.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
For Angio-Persian Oil Co., Ltd.,
(Sd.) Chas. Mylles,
Representative.
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The file concerns the preparation and signing of two agreements relating to the Debai [Dubai] oil concession:
- Political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary company, 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, setting out the terms in the event of the Company obtaining a concession from the Shaikh of Dubai
- Refinery agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited (and its subsidiary companies) relating to the refining of crude oil, setting out the terms for the erection of a refinery or refineries on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The papers include: comments by various British Government departments (including the Admiralty, Air Ministry, Petroleum Department and the Foreign Office); drafts of the agreements; correspondence from Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL); correspondence concerning the insertion of a pre-emption clause in the political agreement setting out the British Government's right of pre-emption of all crude oil obtained under the concession in the event of a state of national emergency or war; signed copies of the two agreements, dated 5 February 1937 (folios 20-23); and 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. confidential print entitled 'Dubai Oil Concession and Connected Documents', containing copies of the political agreement, the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Dubai and Petroleum Concessions Limited, dated 22 May 1937, and related correspondence.
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 (183 folios)
- Arrangement
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 184; 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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- Title
- Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.'
- Pages
- 108r
- Author
- Mylles, Charles Clark
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