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'File 82/27 VI (F 87) Qatar Oil' [182r] (382/454)
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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lofthe aforesaid period and not otherwise.
Seventeenth. The labourers employed by the Company must be
L r oin Shaikh's own subjects or from amongst those approved
Uthe Shaikh, excepting technical employees and the managers and
Lierks whom the Company may require and whom it cannot find in the
Lountry. And the Shaikh prescribes as a condition the dismissal of
jjny employed whose retention is disapproved by the Shaikh, if the
jShaikh has observed any irregular conduct on his part. And it
naturally follows that the wages which the Company pays to the
I employees from amongst Qatr people shall be reasonable.
(rticle Eighteenth. The Shaikh and the Company declare that they
lase action upon this Agreement on the basis of good faith and pure
belief and upon the interpretation of this Agreement in a manner
consistent with reason. And the Company undertakes to acknowledge
the Shaikh's authority and his rights in his capacity as the Ruler
of the State of Qatr principality and to respect them in every
lanner»
trticle Nineteenth. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
prevent the Shaikh in any manner whatsoever from granting concessions
toother parties for anything excepting the substances mentioned in
the first article provided that the said concessions do not interfere
fith the rights of the Company or its operations in accordance with
this Agreement.
jrticle Twentietho The Company will pay all the sums due to the
Shaikh, in accordance with this Agreement, into the Shaikh's account
p the Bank in
and the receipt taken from that Bank shall be a full
quittance of the Company's liability f.or the sum mentioned in the
Bank's receipt. The Shaikh may, from time to time, appoint another
pk or other Banks for the purposes of this Article, and this shall
16 done in writing.
fei£l e_ Twentv-Flrst „ This Agreement shall be binding upon both the
? ar ties and their successors and assigns| and it has been written in
pbic and English and all due care has been taken to make the two
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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.
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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)
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