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'File 10/3 II Qatar Oil Concession' [‎98r] (210/520)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (252 folios). It was created in 1916-1934. 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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ARTICLE 3 . The provision that the Sheikh shall
he kept informed of the operations of the
Company is new ana satisfactory.
mT CLIL4. Tnis has heen substantially moaified.
The figures to he inserted are a matter for
negotiation between the Sheikh ana tne
Company. Note that tnere is no definition
of trie commencement of commercial pro auction
(which is presumahly the sar^e thing as "the
commencement of exports of tnese suhstance s".
If the royalties finally agreed unaer tne
article are sufficiently substantial this is
perhaps less important^ The Petroleum
Department might advise.
ARTICLE 5 . Line 3 . The phrase "exported from or
sold for consumption in" is presumably
aeliberate ana preferable to some more
general phrase such as "proauced" •
l^TIGLE 6 . We previously commented tnat tne terms
of this article were very wide. It must
presumably be read with tne compensation
provisions of Article 7, but it might be
desirable to specify this. In the fifth
line of the article the words "as it may
require" appear to have been omittea after
the word "works".
Xhe ^p.r.nria sub -paragraph is new and to
- the good.
ARTICLE 7 . Tne f 1 rRt si ^- p^ra^rais as oexoie.
We neea not take exception to it so long as
our aerodrome etc. reQuirei^e^uS aie
safeguarded by a separate clause.
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The papers in this volume date mostly from 1933-1934. The volume contains copies of correspondence between 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 Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India in London about oil concession in Qatar and the negotiations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Sheikh of Qatar.

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There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 243-247).

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1 volume (252 folios)
Arrangement

The items in the volume are arranged in chronological order from earliest to latest with earlier documents attached to the file. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 243-247. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation starts on the first page of writing on the top right-hand corner and finishes on the back cover, on folio 252. Numbers are in pencil, circled. There is a second foliation in blue crayon first and then in black pencil on the top centre and then on the top right corner, uncircled, starting on folio 1 (numbered 1) to folio 26 (numbered 26) , then folio 27 (numbered 26a) to folio 47 (numbered 26v), folio 48 (numbered 27) ending on folio 242 (numbered 220).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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