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'File 82/27 III (F 84) APOC: Qatar Oil' [67r] (131/638)
The record is made up of 1 volume (319 folios). It was created in 22 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934. 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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are under the influence of tne Government,who will be
able to help jou^na there will be less interference
in your affairs. I think that Your Excellency thinks
tnat tne Anglo-Persian Oil Company is a G-overnment
concern ana tnat there will,therefore,be interference
in your authority. If you give tne Concession to a
foreign Company the G-overnment will then interfere
! 1
more*for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company nave their head
quarters in London and tne G-overnment can Dnng pressure
on them there,whereas if it is a foreign Company,then
the G-overnment will have to interfere with them in
^atar instead. (This point was emphasised more than
once). I have not come on behalf of tne Company but
for the Political part of the matter which is the
affair of the G-overnment which is concerned about their
Treaty with you.
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.
. I came here with Mr.Bill when this Treaty
was made between you and the G-overnment,and ever since
there have been very friendly relations between you
and the G-overnment and we come now in order to explain
and discuss matters so that tne ties of friendship
become stronger.
Shaikh . I am very tnankful to the G-overnment on wnose strong
friendship I have always relied ana believe that nad
it not been for their friendship my ties witn others
would nave been very weak.
Resident . It is this friendship whicn had prevented people from
encroaching on your territory. (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.
.ind
you remember that your relations were afraid to do any
thing on account of your friendship witn tne G-overnment).
(5).
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The volume contains correspondence and notes of meetings 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 and ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Shaikh of Qatar, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and H.M.'s Ministry at Jedda in regard to the southern borders of Qatar, the Qatar oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdom with the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). There are documents in Arabic, mainly letters to and from the Sheikh of Qatar. Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (319 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 305-311). The notes refer to documents within the volume; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in blue or red crayon or ink, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is in pencil in circled numbers, in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering starts starts on the first folio of writing with 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D; and runs through to 312, which is the last number given on the last folio of the volume. There is a blank page at the beginning and three at the end of the volume.There is also another sequence, which is incomplete, written in pencil, in the top right corner, starting with 39 on folio 37 and ending with 299 on folio 312.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 82/27 III (F 84) APOC: Qatar Oil'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1Ar, 1Av, 1Br, 1Bv, 1Cr, 1Cv, 1Dr, 1Dv, 2r:16v, 16Br, 16Bv, 17r:28r, 29r, 30r, 31r, 32r, 33r, 34r, 35r, 36r, 37r, 38r, 39r, 40r, 41r, 42r, 43r, 44r, 45r, 46r, 47r:136v, 140v, 152v:161v, 161Ar, 161Av, 161Br, 161Bv, 162r:199v, 199Ar, 199Av, 200r:208v, 210Ar, 210Av, 210v:276v, 276Ar, 276Av, 277r:284r, 287r, 286r:286v, 287v:308r, 309r:312v, i-r:iii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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