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'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast' [185r] (373/576)
The record is made up of 1 volume (286 folios). It was created in 10 May 1923-9 Jan 1924. 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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COPY.
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saving only sacred "buildings, shrines and frave-yards.
2. Free use of water for the same.
3. . Free use of fuel lying on land the property of the
Sheikh for the same. 4
4. The right to purchase fuel and food supplies of every
kind for man and "beast, "being- the private property of the
Sheikh's subjects, at current market pates, which rates in
default of agreement between the parties shall be fixed by
the Sheikh or his agents, subject to the right of the Company
to appeal, to the British
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 Kuwait if they
find it necessary *
5. free importatiou of all material, apparatus and machinery
of every kind necessary for the vsork carried cut by the
Company, including the reasonable personal re u i rem en ts of
employees, and office requirements.
6. All protection In the 'heikh T s power • rom theft, highway-
robbery, assault, wilful damage and destruction.
7. An extension of the period of the licence if the Company
are prevented by causes beyond their control from carrying
out the work of exploration, the length of such extension to
be fixed by a_ ree.jient between the parties or failing such
agreement by the Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
aacoip SCHEDULE
Privileges to be enjoyed by the Company under the Pros-
pec ting 1ic enc e.
1. I of 1st Schedule.
2. The ri-rht to carry out in any part of the said territory
such works as may be necessary for the purpose of prospecting.
If this work is carried out on uncultivated land the Co r ;pany
shall not be bound to make any payment to the owner of the
land but shall rest re the land as far as is possible to its
previous state unless it is covered by a .lining Lease subse
quently granted. If it is carriel out on cultivated land the
Company shall pay a fair rent for the land occupied.
3- )
4* ) c
. ) 2,3,4,5»^ Schedule.
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8. An extension of time on the same lines, mutatis mutandis
of 7 0 f 1st Schedule.
9. The ri^ht to win up to 100 tons of oil free of payment
and further quantities of oil on payment of the royalty per
ton provided in the J-ining Lease, but on condition that the
Company shall apply for a mining lease in respect of each area
in which work is*proceeding, as soon as more than 100 tons of
oil are won from one single bore-hole within it.
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at 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, 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 Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat, local rulers, Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited representatives on the negotiations for oil concessions in Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd [Najd, Jubail, Saudi Arabia], Qatar, Muscat, Oman and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
The volume includes documents regarding:
- Bahrain: Letter in English and Arabic from 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. in the Gulf to Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, informing him that the British Government didn't approve the Bahrain Oil Concession being agreed to Major Frank Holmes, representing Eastern and General Syndicate (folios 41-42) and subsequent correspondence regarding the cancellation of this concession (folios 125-126) and the agreement with APOC;
- Kuwait: Draft Agreements between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait, and D'Arcy Exploration Company limited, on the oil exploration license in Kuwait (draft agreement 20 June 1923 on folios 51-60; draft agreement 6 September 1923 on folios 157-171 and draft agreement 18 November 1923 on folios 198-210; in Arabic on folios 229-235) and minutes of a meeting to discuss it (folios 61-64A); correspondence 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. in Kuwait and the ruler of Kuwait, regarding contacts being made with Major Holmes and Eastern and General Syndicate, in Arabic with English translation (folios 83-89).
- Najd: Report on Najd Oil Concession by J.B. Mackie (folios 31-33); letter from Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (Ibn Sa‘ūd), Sultan of Najd, to the High Commissioner for Iraq dated 21 May 1923, in Arabic with English translation, regarding oil exploration being granted to Eastern and General Syndicate (folios 76-78).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (286 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the beginning of the volume, on folio 3.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is in pencil, encircled, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, then 2-63; 64A and 64B; 65-195; 196A and 196B and it carries on to the last folio, ending on 284. There is another foliation sequence, which is incomplete.
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- Title
- 'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1r:15v, 21r:27v, 37r:53v, 64br:64bv, 65r:75v, 77r:78v, 81r:82v, 84r:85v, 87r:97v, 101r:107v, 109r:109v, 113r:115v, 118r:129v, 133r:135v, 137r:139v, 152r:153v, 156r:173v, 176r:178v, 184r:195v, 196ar:196bv, 197r:198v, 211r:224v, 227r:228v, 236r:238v, 245r:249v, 252r:265v, 268v, 269v:275r, 281r:284v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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