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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [‎127r] (268/630)

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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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^atr , (the desert of ^atar) , and Ibn Ttiani rules Doha".
7. Bin Saud's contention in the past has always
been that he alone r^iles the Bedouin o/ Nomad elements in
Arabia, for the simple reason that, as he says, only he can
get at them and keep them quiet; hence all territory form
ing the habitat of tf Nomad" Arabs he ipso facto claims to
be his.
8# Bin Baud even went so far, some years ago, as to
claim all ^raq nomad tribes, as well as all Kuwait
Bedouins up to the walls of Kuwait, until the Ojair Qon-
j.erence of 19ES put a definite boundary line between him
and his northern neighbours and forced him to drop these
ideas. To this day, however, in any public utterences he
makes to his Nejd Bedouins, Bin baud tells them that all
the Bedouin of ^.rabia (Badia) are his, and his neighbours
only hold the Towns. This is a regular trick of his to
gain their allegiance and impress.
9* As regards the question of ho?; to bring it home
to Bin Saud that we consider ^at^r State to be independent
o^ Saudi Arabia, and that we will not stand by and see
Ibn Thani coerced in any way, where Oil or other questions
are concerned: I do not consider the problem presents
many difficulties, but we must tackle it at once , other
wise the xjaericans will get into Q.atar for a certainty, and
bhat principality will pass under the suzerainty of Bin
Saud»
10 • In Wy opinion the procedure should be as follows:
His Majesty's Government should without further delay add
ress a friendly but firm note to Bin Saud embodying the
following points:-
(a) That he was definitely told by ^ir Percy
v>ox at Ojair in 19E3 (I was present at the
interview) when Major Holmes tried to include
Qatar in his Hassa Oil Concession with his. Bin

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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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