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'File 82/1 [I] (F 52) A.P.O.C. and Oil Concessions Arab Coast' [‎104r] (207/307)

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The record is made up of 1 file (151 folios). It was created in 30 Jun 1921-30 Apr 1923. 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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oirc-amstances shall the Company be made to pay oompensa
for the same.
ARTICLE 7.
The Sheikh grants gratuito-jsly to the Company all
uncultivated lands belonging to him which may be needed by
the Company for their operations . ^
Lands so granted shall be the property of the Com
pany for the period of their agreement and the Company shall
have full proprietory rights therein .
The Sheikh also recognises that the Company has the
right to acquire all and any other lands and buildings necc-
essary for the said purpose with the consent of the propriet
ors on such conditions as may be arranged between the Company
and the said proprietors without their being allowed to make
demands of a nature to surcharge the prices ordinarily current
for Lands and buildings situated in their respective localities
At the expiry of the agreement the ground and all
iimnovable property left by the Company shall be handed back
to the Sheikh.
ART IC LE d .
All lands granted by this agreement to the Company
or that may be acquired by the Company in the manner provideu
for in Article 3 and 4 of this agreement as also all products
exported shall be free of all imposts and taxes during the
tenure of the present concession.
All material and apparatus of every kind neccessary
for the exploration, working and development of the deposit
and for the Construction and development of the pipelines in
cluding also all the works specified in the first paragraph of
Article two (2) hereof and including the reasonable personal
requirements of employees and of of lice req J.i-rements shall
enter the said territories free of all taxes and custom house
duties-.
ARTICLE^.
The Sheikh 'undertakes to give all the protection in
his power to the Company and to their Staff and labourers in
any part of his territory from thefts t highway robbery » assault
etc.

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The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department and the Under Secretary of State at the 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. in London, Sir Winston Churchill (Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time), 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 Bushire, 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. at Kuwait, the Vice-Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran] and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives regarding contacts with local rulers about oil concessions in Bahrain and Kuwait.

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The file is incomplete. Some letters, mainly containing pledges signed by Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. rulers not to grant any oil concession to anyone except with the permission of the British Government, were removed from the original file and forwarded to the Foreign Office in 1953. In these instances the former numbering sequence presents gaps, and these letters are replaced by folios indicating page numbers, sender, receiver, date and subject of the letter removed. These letters are now in FO 371/7723 and FO 371/104408.

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1 file (151 folios)
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The documents in the file are mostly arranged in chronological order.

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The main foliation is in pencil in encircled numbers in top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering starts on the front cover with 1 and carries on until 153, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file. A former sequence runs from the first to the last folio of writing, pencil numbers (not circled) in top right recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, not crossed through - the numbering runs 1-260 missing numerous numbers out. The reason is that some letters were removed from the original file to be forwarded to the Foreign Office in 1953, whereas the former numbering sequence presents gaps.

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