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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [181r] (377/630)
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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^Ir.Adliabi had large "business connections in India, -igypt
and Turkey and had of late years supplied His Majesty King
Bin Saud with much of his "Stores" requirements, both,
military and civil and only recently had purchased tents
for his Asir campaign.
The King was under a great debt to Mr.Adlabi,
added the Shaikh, literally and metaphorically, and in
order to show his gratitude arid no doubt to prevent him
presenting his "Bills" prematurely, was reported to have
appointed him his accredited Agent to daal witli any Oil
«eHee«s4e companies, who might be desirous of getting fur
ther concessions in Saudi Arabia (exclusive of Hassa)•
On my enquiring from where he, the Shaikh, had
got his information, he replied, "from Mohamed "latim and
quite recently". This latter person, as you know, is Major
Holmes 1 "jackal" and visited Egypt in December last, where
I strongly suspect that he met his employer and received
instructions for a new campaign in Kuwait.
4 # I next made a guarded reference to Q.atar and
enquired from the Shaikh how he thought the A.P.O.G. were
getting on in their negotiations with Shaikh Abdulla ibn
Thani. The Shaikh smilingly replied that although he did
not like to state it as a "positive fact", all news and
other indications that reached him from Riath showed that
f Bin Saud had definitely warned the Shaikh of Q,atar that he
I was not at liberty to give any sort of Oil Concession to
I the A.B.OoG. or other British concern, and that if he had
| the temerity to do so, it would be. at his peril. He, the
| Shaikh, believed the above to be the true facts of the ease,
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. and as far as he was concerned he was (luite certain that
| the A.P.O.C, would fall to get the concession they were after
, and that the next step would he that Bin Saud would inform.
| the Shaikh of iiatar that he must give Oil Concession to his
I proteges, the Standard Oil Company of California, (In this
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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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