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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [144r] (303/630)
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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Company in the State of Qatar shall be handed over to the
Shaikh free of cost in such working condition as the property
then is#
On the expiry of this Agreement at the end of the
period of 75 years provided in Article 2, or of any extension
or renewal of that period all the property of the Company in
the State of Qatar sh^Ll be handed over to the Shaikh free of •
cost in such working condition as the property then is,
^.Article^llL.
The Shaikh shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement at any time should the Company fail to make the
payments referred to in Article h within six months of the
date on which such payments fall due.
Provided that if any such payments are in dispute by
the Company the Shaikh shall not have the right to terminate the
Agreement until the dispute shall have been arbitrated on under
Article 16 and unless the Company has failed to comply with the
decision of the arbitrators within three months of the date of
such decision.
Art icle 1^
No failure or omission on the part of the Company to
fulfil any of the conditions of this Agreement shall give the
Shaikh any claim against the Company or be deemed a breach of
this Agreement insofar as the same arises from force majeure and
if through such force majeure the fulfilment by the Company of
any of the conditions of this Agreement be delayed, the period of
such delay together with such period as may be reasonably
necessary, subject to the approval of 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.
, for
the restoration of any damage done during such delay shall he
added to the periods fixed by this Agreement, The necessary
restoration of such damage will be carried out by the Company
as expeditiously as possible.
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- Content
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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/627
- Title
- 'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL'
- Pages
- 102r:110v, 138r:147v, 158r:167v, 236r:237v
- Author
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
- Copyright
- ©BP is believed to be the rightsholder
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