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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [‎146r] (305/481)

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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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The Shaikh agrees to give all necessary assistance to
facilitate the carrying out of this Agreement, and also to exert
r his authority to protect as far as possible the Company's personnel
and property. The Company may appoint in consultation with the
Shaikh and itself pay trustworthy guards to assist in protecting
the property of the Company and its employees.
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The Company shall have the right to transfer this
Agreement to any other commercial Company but not to any Government
subject to such Company being able to fulfil all the duties and
obligations of this Agreement. The Company shall inform the
Shaikh if it so transfers this Agreement.
The Company shall be at liberty to form one or
more subsidiary companies under its own control should it consider
this to be necessary for the working of this Agreement. Any such
subsidiary company shall so far as they are applicable to its
operations enjoy all the rights and privileges granted to the
Company hereunder and shall assume all the engagements and
responsibilities herein expressed.
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The Company shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement upon giving the Shaikh six months' notice in writing
of its intention so to do.
If such termination occurs within 55 years from the
^ate of signature of this Agreement, all lands granted by the
Shaikh and any lands or buildings which the Company may have
bought and any houses or buildings constructed by and other
immovable property of the Company within the State of Qatar shall
b 0 handed over to the Shaikh frea of cost. lAfells actually
Producing at the time of such termination shall be handed over in
Sllc h reasonable good order and repair as they then are.

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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)
Arrangement

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' [‎146r] (305/481), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/415, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023727832.0x000069> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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