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'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast' [267v] (540/576)
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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At the expiry of the agreement the ground and all immoveable property
left by the Company shall be handed back to the Shaikh.
Article 5. —All lands granted by this agreement to the Company or
that may be acquired by the Company"m the manner provided for in Articles
3 and 4 of this agreement as also all products exported shall be free of all
imports and taxes during the tenure of the present concession.
All material and apparatus of every kind necessary for the exploratioti
working and development of the deposit and for the construction and deve
lopment of the pipe lines including also all the works specified in the first
paragraph of Article 2 hereof and including the reasonable personal require
ments of employees and of office requirements shall enter the said territories
free of all taxes and custom house duties.
Article 6. —The Shaikh undertakes to give all the protection in his
power to the Company and to their staff and labourers in any part of his
territory from thefts, highway robbery, assault, etc.
Similarlv the Shaikh undertakes to protect all the property of the Com
pany and of its employees which may be exposed to wilful damage or to
possible loss by theft.
Article 7.—For the above purpose it is agreed that the Company in
communication with the Shaikh shall appoint permanent trustworthy guards
under a reliable man of good family whose pay and that of the guards shall
be provided by the Company and who shall remain there summer and winter.
If in spite of the efforts of the said guards thefts should occur the
Shaikh undertakes to recover the property stolen and to compensate the
Company for any damage sustained in his territory. In the event of non-
recovery of the stolen property the value thereof shall be deducted by the
Company from the same sums due to the Shaikh.
The number of guards at any place where the Company may operate
shall be fixed by the Company.
It shall be the duty of the abovementioned head of the guard to keep
order in the areas in his charge to such extent as the Company may orde 10
him he shall have no right to interfere in any disputes among the Company's
servants unless asked by the Company to do so.
Article 8. —In case of misconduct the said, guards are subject to dis
missal or fine by the Company. In the event of any heavier punishment
being needed the offender shall be handed over to the representative of the
Shaikh and the Shaikh undertakes that punishment shall be inflicted and to
use his utmost endeavours to uphold the authority of the Company's em
ployees thereby avoiding unnecessary troubles to both parties of this contract.
Article 9. —The Company shall within two years from the date of this
agreement send to the said territories one or more experts with a view to
exploring the said territories for the said products and in the event of the
reports of the said expert or expertsi being in the opinion of the Company
of a satisfactory nature the Company shall within a further period of two
years send to the said territories all the technical staff and working plant
necessary for boring and sinking wells.
If within five years from the present date the Company shall not have
commenced operations the present concession shall become null and void
unless renewed.
Article 10. —Should the Company succeed in finding oil in commercial
ly exploitable quantities as to which the Company shall be the sole judge
in the territories of the Shaikh a new Company or Companies shall be formed
for the extraction of the oil in the territories of the Shaikh who shall become
associated in the said Company or Companies and shall be granted 10 shares
out of every 100 shares issued by the said Company or Companies. These
shares will be issued on behalf of the Shaikh free of all charges and the
dividends that may thereafter be declared annually by the said Company
shall be paid annually to the Shaikh,
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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
- 16r:16v, 28r:28v, 34r:34v, 98r:98v, 136r:136v, 151r:151v, 154r:155v, 174r:175v, 179r:180v, 239r:239v, 243r:243v, 250r:251v, 266r:267v, 269r
- Author
- Wilson, Sir Arnold Talbot
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