'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [147r] (307/481)
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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7.
If such termination occurs after ^5 years from the date
of signature of this Agreement^ all the property of the Company in
the State of Qatar shall be handed over to the Shaikh free of cost.
Wells actually producing at the time of such termination shall be
handed over in such reasonable good order and repair as they then
are.
On the expiry of this Agreement at the end of the period
of 75 years provided in Article 2, or of any extension or renewal
of that period all the property of the Company in the State of
Qatar shall be handed over to the Shaikh free of cost. Wells
actually producing at the time of such expiry shall be handed
over in such reasonable good order and repair as they then are.
Artic1e_14.
The Shaikh shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement t -
(a) if the Company shall fail to make the payments referred
to in Article 4 within six months of the date on which
such payments fall due. Provided that if any such
payments are in dispute by the Company the Shaikh shall
not have the right to terminate the Agreement until the
dispute shall have been arbitrated on under Article 16
and unless the Company has failed to comply with the
decision of the arbitrators within three months of the
date of such decision.
(b) if the Company shall be in default under the arbitration
provisions of Article 16,
Article_l5.
No failure or omission on the part of the Company to
fulfil any of the conditions of this Agreement shall give the
Shaikh any claim against the Company or be deemed a breach of
^his Agreement insofar as the same arises from force majeure and
if through such force majeure the fulfilment by the Company of
About this item
- Content
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.
The volume includes:
- correspondence between APOC and 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. on the Qatar Oil Concession, mentioning the opportunity to build a refinery in Qatar;
- information about Bahrain [Buraini)] and its surroundings, with list of tribes which paid Zakah to Ibn Saud in 1922 and the Amir of Hasa in 1926, which includes number of men, camels and sheep for each tribe (ff. 45-56);
- 'Historical Memorandum of the relations of the Wahabi Amirs and Ibn Saud with Eastern Arabia and the British Government, 1800-1934' , published by 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. on 26 September 1934, containing a printed map 'APPENDIX C. MAP SHOWING THE EXTENT OF WAHABI AND OF MUSCAT POWER, 1865 ' (ff. 61-91A);
- draft of Qatar Oil Agreement attached to 14 January 1935 letter from A.P.O.C. to 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. .
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-228).
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/415
- Title
- 'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 141r:150v, 205r:214v
- Author
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
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