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'File 82/1 [I] (F 52) A.P.O.C. and Oil Concessions Arab Coast' [150r] (299/307)
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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All lends wl atever required Ly the Gompany^for the purpose
of their preliminary exploration for oil including all or any
natural springs of oil in the said territories together with an
adequate supply of water so far as available shall "be granted "by
the Shail-h to the Company free of charge and without let or
hindrance from any of their relative or dependents or any of^
their tribesmen or of third parties. And it is hereby agreed thai
in consideration of the sums to he paid to the Shaikh laid down
in Article 12; and claim for compensation, rewarc or subsidy put
forward by a third party in respect of such land or of the ser
vices to be rendered to the Company by the Shaikh shall be met
by the said Shaikh or his heirs and successors and that under no
circumstances shall the Company be mace to pay compensation for
the same.
^wTICLE ? :
The Shaikh grants gratuitously to the Company all unculti
vated lands belonging to him w" ich may be needed by the Company
for their operations.
Lands so granted shall be the property of the Company for
the period of their agreement and the Company shall have full
proprietory rights therein.
The Shaikh also recognises that the Company hs the right
to acquire all an? any other lands and buildings necessary for
th said purpose with the consent of proprietors on such condi
tions as may b arranged between the Company and the said
proprietors without their being allowed to make demands of a
nature to
buildings
surcharge the prices ordinarily current
situated in their respective localities.
or lands and
the expiry of the agreement the ground and all immove
able property left by the Company shall be handed back to the
Shaikh
A-iTIClE 8:
*11 lands granted by this agreement to. the Company or that
may be acquired by the Company in the manner provided for in
Article J and 4 this agreement as also all products exported
shall be free of all imposts and taxes durin^ the tenure of the
present concession.
All material and apparatus of every kind necessary for the
exploration, working and development of the deposit and for the
construction and development of the pipelines including also all
the works specified in the first paragraph of Article two (2)
hereof and including the reasonable personal requirements of
employees and of office requirements shall enter the said terri
tories free of all taxes and custom house duties.
ARTICLE 9 :
The Shaikh undertakes to gi"e all the protection in his
power to the Company and to their staff and labourers in any
part of his territory from thefts, highway robbery, assault, &c
Similarly the Shaikh undertakes to protect all the property
of the Company and of its employees which may be exposed to
wilful damage or to possible loss by theft.
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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.
The file also contains:
- copy of a letter from 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. to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, dated 8 September 1921, on oil explorations in the various Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. states, and on APOC's desire to exclusive prospective rights in Oman (folios 11-13);
- draft agreement between the rulers of Bahrain and Kuwait and D'Arcy Exploration Company Limited for oil explorations (1921 ca.) (folios 22-27, 102-107 and 257-260);
notes concerning meetings of Major Frank Holmes with Ibn Saud re oil exploration in Arabia [Saudi Arabia] (folio 80)
letter from 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 Muscat to 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. regarding oil in Muscat (folios 96-97).
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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- 'File 82/1 [I] (F 52) A.P.O.C. and Oil Concessions Arab Coast'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:17v, 22r:68v, 70v:80v, 82r:86v, 88r:117v, 120v:129v, 130v:139v, 142v, 144v:153r, back-i, back
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