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'File 82/27 VI (F 87) Qatar Oil' [15r] (42/454)
The record is made up of 1 file (221 folios). It was created in 17 Jan 1935-30 Apr 1935. 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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wireless installations and railways on special personal services
with due regard to the Companyts operations and in times of
national emergency the Shaikh shall have full use free of charge
of the Company's wireless and telegraph installations and
railways for Governmental purposes.
The Shaikh 1 s ships shall have the right to use harbours
utilised or constructed by the Company, provided that such use in
no way hampers the Company or interferes with the safety of its
operations, of which the Company shall be the sole Judge.
Article 7 »
The Shaikh shall grant to the Company free of cost
the unrestricted use and occupation of uncultivated land belonging
to the Shaikh which the Company may need for its operations.
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 proprietors thereof, but
the terms of such purchase or lease shall not be in excess of
those ordinarily current in their respective 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 whole area of Qatr. The
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 water can be taken
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams 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 Government of India, 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 and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives in regard to the negotiations with the Sheikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, for the oil concession.
The volume contains numerous draft agreements on the Qatar oil concession and also a 'Sketch map of Qatar Peninsula' (folio 22).
There are some letters in Arabic, to and from the Sheikh of Qatar.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (221 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 210-214). 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.
There is also a brief index at the beginning (f. 1v) indicating the main topics covered in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main 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 title page with 1 and 1A; then 2-21; 22 and 22A; 23-25; 26 is missing or omitted; 27-65; 66 and 66A; 67-127; 128, 128A and 128B and terminates at the last folio with 217. A second incomplete foliation sequence is present between ff. 29-160; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/631
- Title
- 'File 82/27 VI (F 87) Qatar Oil'
- Pages
- 12r:21r, 60r:66v, 66ar, 66av, 67r:69r, 71r:94r, 102r:111r, 117r:128r, 174r:183r
- Author
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
- Copyright
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