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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [20r] (54/630)
The record is made up of 1 volume (310 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1934-1 Mar 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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satisfactorily "be disposed of by a..n excliange of letters
between the Company and His Majesty's Government. As the
result of further consideration we now think that the
simplest course would be that there should be two agreements,
the first between the Company and the Sheikh, the second
between the Company and His Majesty's Government. The
Agreement between the Canpany and the Sheikh would be
essentially a commercial agreement which would deal with
canmercial points only and would not include anything of a
purely political character. It would, however, contain a
clause to the effect that it should not come into force
until His Majesty's Government had given their written consent
to it. This would be in accordance with the Sheikh's treaty
obligations and difficulty should not therefore arise so far
as he is concerned in agreeing to it. Subject to this and
to the modifications discussed below such an agreement could
probably be substantially identical with the 'revised draft
agreement' which we are now considering.
3. The proposed second Agreement between His Majesty's
Government and the Company - the conpletion of which would be a
conditixjn of the approval of His Majesty's Government to the
first, or Canmercial Agreement between the Company and the
Sheikh - would cover points of special interest to His
Majesty's Government. We think on the whole that a formal
agreement would be a more satisfactory method of dealing with
these questions than an exchange of letters, though on the
understanding that legal effect could be given to any
undertakings embodied in an exchange of letters and that such
undertakings would be binding on any assignee, transferee or
subsidiary company formed to operate the C^atar concession, as
veil as on the original concessionaire, we should not regard
the/
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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 Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives and 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, regarding the political situation in Qatar, the southern boundary of Qatar and the Oil Concession.
The volume also contains 'Note on conversation on 15 December 1933 with Mr G.W. Rendel, Foreign Office, on future policy in regard to Qatar.' (folios 68-78), draft 'Qatar Concession', 11 December 1933 (folios 102-110) and 'Mr. Williamson's Political Note on Qatar', with genealogical tree of the Al Thani family, 15 January 1934 (folios 125-135).
There are two maps within the volume: a blueprint on folio 148, 'Geological Sketch Map of Qatar Peninsula', produced during a geological survey of Qatar, showing villages, deserted buildings, water wells, roads and routes and a 'Sketch Map of Qatar Peninsula' (folio 285).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (310 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 298-302). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; 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 foliation is written in pencil 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'. side of each folio. The numbering begins on the title page with 1;1A; 1B and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 308. There is another foliation sequence, which is incomplete.
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- IOR/R/15/1/627
- Title
- 'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:80v, 83r:101v, 113r:135v, 137r:137v, 149r:154v, 156r:157v, 168r:194v, 196r:235v, 238r:283v, 286r:307v, 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