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'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast' [‎268r] (541/576)

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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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The Shaikh hereby undertakes not to sell, mortgage transfer or other
wise dispose of his shares and agrees to deposit the script with the Companv
against a receipt for the same.
Article 11. —The name statutes and capital of the said new Company
or Companies shall be fixed by the Company which shall give official notice
of the formation of such Company or Companies to the Sheikh, and shall
forward the statutes with information as to the places as to which such
Company is to operate. Such new Company or Companies shall enjoy all
the rights and privileges granted to the Company but they must assume all
its engagements and responsibilities.
Article 7^.—Within one month from the. signature of this agreement
the Company shall pay to the Sheikh the sum of Rs, 10,000 in consideration
of the assistance and protection to be afforded to their employes. With the
exception of this single sum they shall not be liable to pay any further suim
to the Sheikh except as provided above after oil has been found.
Article 13. —In the event of the Company failing to discover oil in
sufficient quantitv they shall have the right to stop work at their option
and the Sheikh shall have no claim to any paymert or compensation.
Article 1^. —The Sheikh solemnly declares that he wil 1 carry out all
the conditions of this contract willingly and faithtuliy and that he and his
heirs and successors shall be its guarantors and shall accept full responsibility
for any claim or dispute by any person questioning the validity of any sti
pulations on this contract.
This contract cannot be cancelled except as provided as above and shall
remain in force for the period of the Company's concession from the Sheikh
or any extension or renewal thereof.
In the event of any difference arising between the Company and the
Shaikh it shall be settled in any unofficial and friendly manner between the
two parties; failing a friendly settlement the dispute shall be referred to thft
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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for arbitration and his decision shall
be accepted as final.
Enclosure III to Serial No. 13. —Telegram R.. from Trevor, Bushire, to
High Commissioner, Baghdad , No. 22, dated the 3rd January 1922.
(Repeated Kuwait) .
Reference letter dated the 22nd December 1921 from Resident Director
of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to your address re negotiations with the
Sheikh of Kuwait, in which he suggests that I should accompany him to
Kuwait with draft agreement for the Sheikh's signature. He has also
addressed me asking to be allowed to take similar action in Bahrein.
I have not yet received any instructions from Government that negotia
tions should be opened but in any case I think it would best for preliminaries
to be undertaken by the respective Political Agents. I do not know present
Sheikh of Kuwait but I doubt if he would be prepared to sign an agreement
of the sort straight off when presented to him by Sir A. Wilson and mvself,
and I am quite sure the Sheikh of Bahrein would not. Latter would certain
ly require a lot of talking to first and probably former would too. This I
think should be left to Political Agents with support from me if necessary,
and when Sheikh is amenable representative of Anglo-Persian Oil Company
might take over agreement to be discussed and signed.
'Enclosure IV to Serial No. 13. —Telegram R., from Political^ Kuwait,
to High Commissioner, Baghdad, No . 4-S., dated the 4 th (received
5th) January 1922. (Repeated Bushire).
Bushire telegram No, 22. ■
I am quite sure Sheikh Ahmed would not sign Agreement of this sort
off hand, particularly as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's managing agents
are Strick Scott and Company of whom every one here is suspicious because of
jvater plant.

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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. .

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1 volume (286 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the beginning of the volume, on folio 3.

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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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