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'File 10/3 II Qatar Oil Concession' [‎229r] (474/520)

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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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NOTBb ON ^TAH.
The ruling family of ater are Al Thani, ih«y
oamo from Central .Arabia somewhere about the year 1750 A.D.
tmd are ^in TaOTlm by descent* Of the family there are now
plxty two mal*® living. The parnmount shaikh Is 3halkh
..bdellah Ibn ^aelm ath -Thanl #
shaikh Abdullah wae made tuler over the hearts of
hla two elder brothers, Thanl and Khallfah and his uncle
.ihxaad«
This appointing the Ruler from a younger eon seems
to be a custom In the Thanl family, ohalkh Abdullab has
appointed his son !'amld over the elder brother Aly.
2, TH ^ia HULi & 10# W.
.halkh Abdullah claims the whole of the ^tar
peninsula bounded on the south west by a line drawn from
NAKH3H towards the Seat, al Gabal, ftadi al ^alban to the
Jabkhah, and coming out on the teat coast on the northern
shore of Khor OD/VID. Beyond the frontier mentioned Is a
neutral zone of several miles In breadth, one part being bet
-ween <atar and the Oman tribes on the south east, anu the
other part being between ^atar and the : audi territory on
the south west. The Heutrol -one and the frontier between
■iatar and the Oman tribes Is recognised by all, but that
between .atar and the S«udl Oorernment Is only recognioec
as on sufferance from IBN
ibn iUAixl Is a merchunt prince, he derives hie
power from weadth accumulated by his father and grand-father
fr® pearling and traolng. Vhese ^ab merchant princes loan
out ^money to their relations and to others who are settled
in their district, collecting only a percentage on the
profits and bearing the losses In most cases. In return t
receive the. service and allegiance of these merchants, ^ho
are all more or less Indebted to th«n.
Ibn THANI other than the sixty odd members of his

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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)
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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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