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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [‎71r] (156/630)

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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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(the population of Dohah in 1917 was about 12,000); its
population was "backward and appeared to "bo to a large
extent noniadic Bedouin; and the ordinary resources of
civilisation which were to be found in varying degrees
in Kowe.it, Bahrein and toscaljjwere entirely lacking. On
the other hand, if there was to he a serious oil
development in the country, accompanied by the erection
of elaborate buildings, refineries, etc#, and possibly
by the introauctlon of individuals of various
nationalities, it would probably be essential to have a
Political Officer on the spot to exercise jurisdiction,
and, once the concession haa been negotiated, to serve
(a.s in buhrein) as the cnannel of correspondence between
tlie Company and the Sheikh. Clearly, however, large
questions of policy were involved, and it was conceivable
that it might be necessary in the long rum to bring
lorcible pressure to bear on the Sheikh to secure our
dcdijorctta. If it came to that, it was not irrelevant
that Qatar, vciich was a rectangle of which the two long
siaes and one short side were bounded by the sea, was in
some ways almost as open to forcible pressure as an
island such as Bahrein, although nothing could of course
De done in the desert hinterland..
So much for the general political position.
The noxt Question to consider was the problems which
ffiight arise m connection with the grant of an oil
C oncossion to the A.P.O^C, or any other Company. The
xor^ign Office had always made it clear that they were
^xious to walk very carefully in this part of the world,
-o to -void an oil war with American oil interests
what was on a long view a relatively unimportant area,
emphasised in connection with both Koweit and
Bahrein/

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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).

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1 volume (310 folios)
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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.

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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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