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'F.85 File 82/27-IV Qatar Oil' [40r] (88/422)
The record is made up of 1 volume (207 folios). It was created in 1 May 1934-1 Jul 1934. It was written in English. 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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without incident and the results will no doubt be reported in
detail by the Officers Conimanding and by the Senior Waval Officer,
Persian G-ulf Division.
i_accofflpanied G-roup Captain Saul in iiis Plying Boat,
* i
See Admiralty; which left Bahrain at 06.30 hours and proceeded
Chart 2837b. ; * ^
— ^ over Hawar Island and thence across to just east
; of Zakhnuniyah Island. Studious care was taken not to cross the
Sa'udi Arab frontier and the Plying Boat did not fly over either
the island or over the G-ulf to the south of it.
The Plying Boat then examined from the air Bohat Hamar,
which should afford an emergency harbour, sheltered from all
winds, with an extent of about 1200 x 400 yards.
The Plying Boat then descended in the open sea off
Salwa flfells, where there was a launch, which had been sent ahead
trom Bahrain. About an hour and an half was spent in sounding
and examining various reefs and shoals from the launch, but there
does not seem to be any really good shelter from northerly winds.
There is, however, a point behind which shelter could be had in
an emergency.
Thence the Plying Boat proceeded to and. descended on
Khor al 'Odaid, where a considerable sheet of deep water was
found with shelter from all sides, connected with the sea by a
channel which could be used by motor launches. It would, however,
be very hot indeed in the hot weather. The visibility was only
medium - probably about five miles - and Sakak was too far south
oi the line of flight to be seen.
At 13.00 hours the Plying Boat reached Doha and
descended near H.M.S Shoreham.
4. In the early afternoon of the 9th May Shaikh Hamad bin
'Abdullah came off to call on the Senior Naval Officer and brought
a letter from his father, Shaikh 'Abdullah bin Qasim, and a
verbal explanation that Shaikh 'Abdullah, who had waited at Doha
/for
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The volume contains 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. at Bahrain 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. at Bushire, 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 Shaikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, and the Foreign Office in regard to the southern borders of Qatar, the Qatar oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdom with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), King of Saudi Arabia. There is also correspondence regarding an air reconnaissance of Qatar to be carried out via RAF flying boats, which took place on 9 May 1934, including reports of the reconnaissance (folios 147-154).
Some of the documents in the volume are marked as secret or confidential.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (207 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 196-202). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume; they give brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is written in pencil, circled, and can be found 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 title page, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 207.
There is another foliation sequence, incomplete.
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- IOR/R/15/1/629
- Title
- 'F.85 File 82/27-IV Qatar Oil'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:90v, 91v:118v, 121r:168v, 169v, 172v, 174v, 175v:206v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence