'File 10/3 III Qatar Oil Concession' [174r] (372/470)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 27 Jan 1934-24 Mar 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.
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Any other lands houses or buildings required
by the Company may be bought or leased by it with the
consent of and on conditions to be arranged with the
pioprietois tueieoi, out the terms of such purchase or
lease shall nou ue in excess of those ordinarily current
in whej.r icoj-iective localities. The Company shall
acquire only such land houses and buildings as are
necessary for its operations under this Agreement, and
such land shall at all times be less than the Ytiole area
of Qatar, Trie Company shall inform the Shaikh from
time to time of the land houses and buildings which it
requires to occupy for its operations, and land houses
and buildings previously acquired by the Company from
the Shaikh but found no longer necessary for its
operations shall be returned by the Company to the
Shaikh at a cost which shall not in any case be greater
than that paid by the Company.
Provided that all land houses and buildings
owned by the Company shall be handed over to the Shaikh
on the expiry or sooner determination of this Agreement,
Article 8 ,
The Company may take any water required for
its operations free of cost provided that such waLer
can be taken without damage or loss to any local
inhabitants. Subject to the same conditions the Company
may also sinh wells and drill and impound w^ter
provide for the needs of its opeiationo,
In case of need, the Shaikh's army or military
expeditions may take free of charge such quantities of
. , . + + h p p n ^ ri cnY I s di sp o sal af ter sati sfying
water as may be au the uo .v-w 1
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About this item
- Content
The volume contains 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. in 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. in Bahrain and the Secretary of State for India, on the Qatar oil concession, on the Southern boundary of Qatar and on the role of Ibn Saud in the negotiation.
The volume includes:
- meeting notes, copies of telegrams and letters on Qatar and Kuwait oil concessions;
- note 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. in Kuwait 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. dated 23 Jan 1934 about the Qatar and Hasa Oil concessions and the Kuwait Neutral Zone (ff. 60-63);
- memorandum on the political importance of 'the maintenance of a British position on the Arab littoral of the Gulf' (ff. 71-76) and the need to offer protection to the Sheikh of Qatar in return for an 'undertaking on his part to grant a concession to the Anglo Persian Oil Company (Iraq Petroleum Company);
- correspondence between the British Air Ministry and 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. about air facilities in Qatar;
- note referring to a conversation that occurred at the end of 1922 between Sir Percy, Ibn Saud and Major Holmes regarding the southern boundaries of Qatar and the political relationship between Qatar and Saudi Arabia (f. 116C);
- memorandum from the meetings occurred on 11-12 Mar 1934 between the Sheikh Abdullah bin Qasim al-Thani and 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. re oil concession (ff. 131-140);
- copies of draft Qatar Oil Concession;
- a sketch of Qatar, ink on fabric (f. 212);
- memorandum on the frontiers of Saudi Arabia (ff. 196-199).
There is an index at the end of the volume ( folios 211-216).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (223 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in this file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 211-216. 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.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is on top right-hand corner, starting on the first page of writing and finishing on the back cover. The numbering is in pencil, enclosed by a circle and starts with 1, then 115, 116A, 116B, 116C, then carries on until 221, which is the last number given. There is a second pagination on the top right corner, uncircled, starting on folio 22 (numbered 21) to folio 100 (numbered 99) and then from folio 116a (numbered 113) until folio 210 (numbered 207).
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- IOR/R/15/2/412
- Title
- 'File 10/3 III Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 170r:181r
- Author
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
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