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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [157r] (327/481)
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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2 .7118/34.
Britannic House,
Pinsbury CircuSj
London, E.G.2.
19th November, 1934.
j.G. Laithwaite, Esq.,
India Offioe,
S.W.I.
Dear Laithwaite,
Thank you for your letter of the loth November
regarding Qatar oil, under reference P.Z,6792/34,
The information you give as to the limitation
to bjo ad valorem of the duties which this Shaikh at least may
levy on foodstuffs which we might import entirely alters the
picture. It is not bjo duties that we are frightened of on
food, but the E55^ or more which we have experienced elsewhere.
I see little protection from our point of view
in any provision that customs dues shall not exceed those
levied on Qatar subjects, because our experience elsewhere
again has been that our food and other private requirements
are not those required by the inhabitants of the countries
in which we work, and it is therefore very simple to introauce
taxation involving no discrimination in principle but an
unbearable burden in practice. If the Shaikh's Treaty of
1916 is to bind him and his successors during the currency of
a possible concession, wo should not ask for reconsideration
of duties on foodstuffs. I hope that you will not make water
similarly dutiable, as I have just heard from Qatar that
virtually all the springs there are "straight Epsom salts"I
I agree with your view as to the likelihood
of the Shaikh being familiar with the provisions of the Kuwait
Agreement. We have every reason to believe that he is closely
informed of every step there, and that he has no intention of
any serious negotiations pending the completion of the Kuwait
negotiations,
I am glad that such variations as were effected
in the draft dated 25th October are acceptable to you. I
enclose another six copies of the draft.
Our geological party should by now I think be
in Qatar, and Ivlylles will be going there this month to have a look
them -nd at the Shaikh, but does not anticipate as I said any
serious discussions, since during Ramadan the Shaikh proposes
to retire to an inaccessible part of the desert and will be
Prepared to hold discussions only during the night season.
Yours sincerely.
L. LEPROY.
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- 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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- Title
- 'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:5v, 6v:7v, 9r:13r, 14r:20v, 24v:32r, 33r, 34r:87v, 89r:90v, 91ar:91bv, 92r:92v, 93v:118v, 120v:129v, 131v:138v, 140v, 151r:159v, 161v:164v, 166v:172v, 174v:186v, 188v:203v, 204v, 215r:217v, 218ar:218bv, 219r:232v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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