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'F-82 82/27 I: QATAR OIL' [174r] (372/730)
The record is made up of 1 volume (361 folios). It was created in 11 Sep 1925-23 Feb 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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experience^ I do not think there is any case at this stage
for a longer exemption. I also agree that it is not
reasonable that furniture, food stuff, and clothing
required for the use of the Company 1 s employees should "be
exempted. Some provision may also he desirable in respect
of harbour dues, etc#
Article 11» This is, again, stated in very general
terms and will probably require modification.
Article 18. We should, I think, entirely agree with the
Admiralty as to the desirability of pressing for a British
Nationality Clause* We should also agree as to the
desirability of considering safeguards to cover pre-emption,
refining, etc.
If the Company is to have the right of forming one
or more subsidiary companies for the working of the
concession, the agreement should specifically provide that the
terms (including British control, &c.) on which such
subsidiary companies are to be formed, etc# shall be subject
to the prior approval of His Majesty^ Government and of the
Sheikh.
Article 15* Sub-paragraph 1. It is for consideration
whether the Company should not be made specifically liable to
make/
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- Content
The volume contains correspondence between 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 Bahrain 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. at Bushire, the Shaikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives, including Haji 'Abdullah Williamson, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State for Colonies in London, regarding geologic surveys of Qatar and Trucial States, the concession of an exploration license in 1926 and its renewal with an agreement between the ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Sheikh of Qatar, and APOC, in 1932 (folios 57-59).
The volume also contains notes of meetings and correspondence regarding the early stages of the negotiations for the oil concession in Qatar, and the 1933 draft oil concessions (folios 120-125 and 248-268), with comments.
There are documents in Arabic, mainly letters to and from the Sheikh of Qatar. Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (361 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 331-345). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is written in pencil, circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The numbering commences at the first folio with 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; then 2-47; 48 and 48A; 49-97; 98, 98A, 98B and 98C; 99-283; 284 and 284A; 285-308; 309 and 309A; 310-313; 314 and 314A; 315-337; 338 and 338A and terminates with 349, which is the last number given to the final folio of the volume.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/626
- Title
- 'F-82 82/27 I: QATAR OIL'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 7r:10v, 13r:21v, 22v:26v, 27v:41v, 42v:43v, 44v:46v, 47v:48v, 48ar:48av, 49v:50v, 51v, 52v, 53v:54v, 56v, 57v:64v, 66v, 67v, 68v:69v, 70v, 70r, 71v, 72v, 72r, 73v:82v, 83v, 85r:87v, 89v:94v, 95v:97v, 98v, 98ar:98cv, 99r:106v, 107v:115v, 116v:118v, 119v, 125v:129v, 130v:131v, 132v:133r, 133r, 134r:138v, 139v:144v, 145v:146v, 147v:162v, 163v, 164v, 165v:178v, 179v:192v, 193v, 194v, 195v:200v, 201v:208v, 209v:218v, 221v:224v, 225v:238v, 239v:241v, 243v:246v, 247v, 268v:276v, 279v:284v, 284ar:284av, 285r:309v, 309ar:309av, 310r:314v, 314ar:314av, 315r:338v, 338ar:338av, 339r:349v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence