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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [133r] (281/630)
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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sons of Abdur Rahman.
DOFAH , the Capital. Here the Ruler has a large
castle, but spends most of his time at RIYAN,
where he has a garden. RIYAN, about eight miles
inland from DOEaH, has very sweet and plentiful
water at a depth of about 5 ft. Host of the
Bedouin Fidawi of Xbn THANI live at RIYAN.
BHAJAIN, Ruled by Shaildi j ± LY and his sons.
Shaikh Aly will take no customs dues from his
people, nor money from the divers.
UIO-i GL IvLHjiiiDImjjAK. This Town has a G-overnor
elected by the Thani family.
The towns at the northern point and east coast
are all (so they claim) independent of the THANI family,
paying no taxes nor customs and appointing their own
Governors. The principal of these are ROU'US ABU ADH DHOHIF
and ASHAIRIJ. ZUBARA was at one time larger even than
DOHAH with whom it was constantly at war. It is now a ruin
without one inhabitant. Ibn THANI, during the Turkish
regime held the title of ^AIMAKAM and Qatar came under the
MUTASARIFIAH of HA3SA. At one time he drew a small subsidy
from the Turks.
4. IQ^ITIGN wJ-TK u-0
Ibn THANI., as I have mentioned is dependent on the
good will of the Saudi G-ovemment for the safety of his
state from Bedouin raids.
Lately when he visited Ibn Saud at Riyadh, it
is said that he was told that Qatar was part of the Saudi
Kingdom, and that he only held DOHAH, and the adjoining
towns on sufferance of Ibn Saud, also that the Saudi
Government looked upon the idea of a British company having
an oil concession in Qatar with disfavour and if anyone
was to be given a concession in Qatar it must be the
Americans. The foregoing is the least Ibn Saud was reported
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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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