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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [‎105r] (223/481)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (234 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1934-14 Jan 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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2.
that His Majesty's Government possess soyereignty
right up to the blue line on the other side, or that
any sheikh under their protection does so.
3. The subsequent questions for consideration fall
substantially into two classes: (a) the question
whether by our subsequent treaty negotiations with Ibn
Saud His Majesty's Government have waived or lost any
right that they may otherwise have possessed to hold
Ibn Saud's territories to be limited by the blue line,
and (b) whether, even if an a: firmative answer is not
returned to (a), it must be admitted that a substojitial
portion of the territory east of the blue line is res
nullius and therefore as such (i) open to acquisition
by occupation on the part of Ibn Saud, and (ii) not
being under the sovereignty of His Majesty's Government
or within the territory of any sheikh's under their
protection, is sua area where His Majesty's Government
have no legal right to object to steps being taken by
Ibn Saud in the direction of acquisition of sovereignty
by occupation, even if he has not at present done
sufficient to acquire a definitive title.
4. It must be remebered that under internati onal
law territory is either under the sovereignty of
a member of the family of nations, or it is not5
if it is not, then it is open to acquisition by
occupation by another power. Spheres of influence
in international law, whatever their political
significance, mean nothing at all« If a state
admits it has not sovereignty over a territory,
but only claims a sphere of influence over
it/

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The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and memoranda exchanged 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. 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. and with the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.

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There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-228).

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1 volume (234 folios)
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The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, (folios 216-228). 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.

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The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, then 90, 91A, 91B, 92; and then carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting on folio 27 (numbered 17); and ending on folio 214 (numbered 201).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [‎105r] (223/481), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/415, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023727832.0x000017> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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