'Ras al Khaimah Oil Agreement'

Content

This file contains the following items:

• document detailing the cancellation of an oil agreement made between Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, and Mr Basil Henry Lermitte, attorney of 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, in 1938, and its extension in 1941;
• a new oil concession agreement made between Shaikh Sultan bin Salim and Petroleum Concessions Limited on 21 June 1945;
• a letter from Shaikh Sultan bin Salim to 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. , Bahrain, dated 1 February 1946, regarding the opening of a bank branch in Ras al Khaimah as per Article 25 of the agreement.

Extent and format

1 file (10 folios)

Arrangement

This file contains three related documents which are arranged in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 10; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B480

History of this record

Date(s)

21 Jun 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Concessions, Oil, Ra's al-Khaymah

Places

Ras al Khaimah

People & organisations

Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil OperationsDistrict Magistrate, BahrainEmir of Ra's al-Khaymah, Āl Qāsimī dynasty

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