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'Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953' [85r] (174/222)
The record is made up of 1 volume (107 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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157
bound to start drilling within nine years. This period was extended by six years in
1946 and by a further five in 1951 so that the company are now under no obligation
to drill until 1957.( "') No drilling has yet been undertaken within the limits of the
State.
84. In 1946 the Ruler agreed to the exploration by a geological party of the
Jabal Faiyah area. The exploration was duly carried out under the protection of
the Bani Qitab who would not allow any of the Ruler's representatives to
accompany the party.
85. The Regent of Kalba granted a concession to 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 on December 20, 1938.( 71 ) It covers the territory subject
to the government of the Ruler of Kalba and its territorial waters. The annual
payment to be made to the Ruler until oil is discovered in commercial quantities
is Rs. 24,000. There is no obligation to start drilling within a specified period and
no drilling has yet been undertaken. The company entered into a Political
AgreementC 2 ) with His Majesty's Government regarding the concession but it was
not communicated to the Regent. The Ruler of Sharjah accepted the obligations
devolving on him under this concession when Kalba was reincorporated with
Sharjah in 1952( 73 ) (paragraph 23 above).
86 In June 1949 the Ruler issued his declaration of jurisdiction over the
sea-bed. In 1952 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 entered into
negotiations with him for a concession for it but his demands were so exorbitant
that they broke them off. They resumed them in 1953 and m November of that
year, after they had agreed to increase the annual payment due under the
concession of 1937 from Rs. 30,000/- (paragraph 83 above footnote ( )) to
Rs 85 000/- ( 74 ) he signed a statement confirming that the concession covered a
the sea-bed and sub-soil outside the territorial waters of Sharjah over which his
jurisdiction extended or might extend in the iuture.(
{e) Ajman
87. In 1939 the Ruler granted Petroleum Pevelcpment (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
)
Limited sole exoloration rights for a total of six years. This period was
subsequently extended. On January 31, 1951, he granted ^ ® 0 J?JP an ^ a b gj n ®® S ^g
covering all his territory including its territorial waters ^nuzi
them for a period of 75 years, on a down payment of auan fjti es anc i
payment of Rs 50 000/- ^ x^^ .s 0 no ob"on to S within a
specified p r e 0 riod. y A Political Agreement which c ° n J^ ed b ®P^ ^^Ma^estyl
to the sea-bed (paragraph 74 above) was executed between His Majesty s
Government and the Company m July 1/,
(/) Umm al Qaiwain
XX The Ruler of Umm al Qaiwain granted a concession to Petroleum
»». itie Kuier 01 un . . t .f er to petroleum Development (Trucial
Concessions Limited with the r ght of tra ^ ^ o{ Umm ^ Qaiwain
Coast) Limited on March 2 0 ,1945.( prov i d es that when the territorial
including its islands and te rntona water P will be coterminous with the
limits of the State have !i? el ^?' L™ a ^fQvis?on relating to the possible formation
limits so determined There is als 0 a P . somewhat f r om that contained
of a Neutral Zone adjacent t0 ,^® ^"bove). The annual payment until
in the Abu Dhabi concession (P arag ^ a .P. • Rs 24 000. There is no obligation
oil is discovered in . commer 9 al no driliing has yet been undertaken,
to start drilling within a specified pen t ith || is Majesty's Government
The company entered a Pf^^Sl^ated to the Ruler.(") He did
regarding the concession but it was
( 70 ) No. 9 (a) and (b) IV, O .A.C.
( 71 ) No. 11IV, O.A.C.
( 72 ) No. 12 IV, O .A.C.
( 73 ) No. 11 (c) and (d) IV, O.A.C.
( 74 ) No. 9 (c) IV, O.A.C.
( 75 ) No. 9 (d) IV, O.A.C.
( 76 ) No. 13 IV, O.A.C.
( 77 ) No. 14 IV, O.A.C.
( 78 ) No. 15 IV, O.A.C.
( 79 ) No. 16 IV, O.A.C.
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The document provides historical information on the region during the period in question and, following a section on general matters, has separate sections 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
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 109 on the back cover. 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 continues into the separate volume of appendices and genealogical tables - IOR/R/15/1/731(2).
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