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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [126r] (266/630)
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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further south than marked^in tjpfe fact the true position of
^asr Salwa, is only a little north of an East and ./est line
running through IChor al Odaid*
The best existing map to consult that I know of is
that prepared hy i^ir# Philby and which accompanies his book
T T The Jmpty quarter" , although even he does not mention Jebel
al NAKBH a conical hill a little north of ^asr oalwa^ # I
understand also that Mr.Cox of the A # P # 0»C., Ltd.., was able
to make a sketch map M the hinterland of Qatar, which could
be studied with advantage.
As regards the political situation existing bet
ween His Majesty King Bin Jaud and the Ruler of '^atar: I
agree" with every word that Mr .Williamson says, and it is borr&
out by what I have heard in Kuwait during the last year or
so»
In m^ opinion Bin ^aud deflni tely claims the '^atar
peninsular, and will go on doing so, so long as we do not
move with the times and adopt a policy there. All the in
formation that I have been able to get from Riath, from
time to time bears out exactly what Mr ..Williamson says in
jl
this respect. It is practically certain that Bin Saud warned
the shaikh of Qatar on the latter*s recent visit to the
Capital that he expected him to give any Oil Concession that
might be going, to his friends, the .dmericans and not the
British. He went, I believe, further, and told him, in a
diplomatic way, of course, that only DOHAH could be con
sidered as belonging to the Ibn THA1C£ , family and that the
rest of the peninsular was his. Certainly all the Bedouins
of Hassa look upon the ^atar desert {Bar al Qatr) as belong
ing to Bin baud, and I only got this confirmed 3 days ago
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i 15 # 1.54) by an ^.jman Shaikh, who is now in Kuwait. When
I asked him guardedly, if he knew the boundary between
^audiyeh and the ohaikh of Qatar*s territory, he promptly
replied, f *There is no boundary, Bin baud rules 'Bar al Qatr 1
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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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- Title
- 'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL'
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- 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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