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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [46r] (106/630)
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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3.
doing so. Mr. Praser indicated that the Company
x ^eluctant to assume definite drilling obligations and
that no reference had therefore heen made to such
obligations in the article. These obligations if
undertaken would be very expensive to the Company and if
they did not result in production of no benefit to the
Sheikh. They would much prefer to improve the financial
terms given to the sheikh. It was pointed out to him
that if drilling operations were unsuccessful the Company
had the right to determine the concession after notice
under the conditions of Article 13. After further
discussion the Company agreed to consider amplification
of this article on the lines of Articles 12A and 13 of
the Persian concession subject to certain verbal
modifications. This would involve the acceptance by them
of an obligation to carry out operations in a proper
manner and to keep plans ana other data which vv'ould be
rrade available to the Government.
Mr. Laithwaite pointed out that under the
concession as drafted the Company would obtain an
exclusive concession over the whole area of Qatar,
apparently rather more than 3,000 square miles. This
clearly was a fact which we should have to take into
consideration in considering whether the financial terms,
when these were communicated to us, were satisfactory.
It was obvious that if the Sheikh were to grant them a
mining lease in respect of a portion of his territory
only ne would be at liberty (as had happened in the case
of the Sheikh of Bahrein) to entertain competing offers
from other oil interests in respect of the balance of the
territory. He also drew attention to the fact that the
draft/
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence