'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast' [278v] (562/576)
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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A rticle 8.
All lands granted by this agreement to the Company or that may be
acquired by the Company in the manner provided for in articles 3 and 4
of this agreement, as also all products exported shall be free of all imposts
and taxes during the tenure of the present concession.
All material ^nd apparatus of every kind necessary for the exploration,
working and development of the deposit and for the construction and deve
lopment of the pipelines including also all the works specified in the first
paragraph of article 2, hereof, and including the reasonable personal
requirements of employees and of office requirements shall enter the said
territories free of all taxes and custom house duties for a period of ten
years from the commencement of the Mining Lease mentioned in article 4.
A rticle 9.
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.
Similarly the Shaikh undertakes to protect all the property of the
Company and of its employees which may be exposed to wilful damage or
to possible loss by theft.
If the Company's work is delayed by such events as are mentioned in
this article, then the period of such delay shall be added to the periods of
the exploration or prospecting licenses or to the period for which the
royalty mentioned in article 12 is to hold good, as the case may be, and
the fixed rent of Rs. 30,000 should not be payable in respect of the period
of such delay.
A rticle 10.
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 any sums due to the Shaikh by the Company.
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 above-mentioned head of the guard to keep
order in the areas in his charge to such extent as the Company may order
him; he shall have no right to interfere in any dispute among the Company's
servants unless asked by the Company to do so.
A rticle 11.
In case of misconduct, the said guards are subject to dismissal 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 employees,
thereby avoiding unnecessary troubles to both parties of this contract.
A rticle 12.
Should the Company succeed in finding oil in commercially exploitable
quantities, they agree to pay half yearly to the Shaikh a royalty of
Rs. 3-8-0 per ton of net crude oil,got and saved {i .e., after deducting water
and foreign substances, and oil required for the customary operations of the
Company's installations in the Shaikh's territories).
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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).
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- 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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- 'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast'
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