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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [218r] (451/630)
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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13.
to the Ocmpany attaohed). Subject to their acceptanoe
and to a satisfactory solution of the problems raised
bv Article 12, the meeting agreed that the revised draft
concession which had been submitted by the A.P.O.C. was
generally suitable.
It may be recorded that a point raised for
the first time in connection with the draft Agreement which
gave rise to considerable discussion was that of the
definition of the Sheikh's dominions in Article 2 (c).
The Southern and Western frontier of Qatar is at present
somewhat indeterminate. At the same time it is important
that there should be no risk of Ibn Saud being given an
opportunity to call in question the line established by
the unratified Anglo Turkish Convention of 29th July, 1913,
i.e.. a line running from the coast just east of Uqair due
South to parallel 20 North, on the Eastern boundary of
Ncjd. If a map is attached to, or a definition included
in, the concession, it will be necessary either to include
in or to omit from Qatar as shown on the map or in the
definition the territory between the various frontiers of
Tatar as described in the Political Residents .Despatch
No. 41 of 24th June, 1933, to the Colonial Office,(P.Z«4642/3S)
^ ' and the 1913 imglo Turkish lino, and this would inevitably
lead to friction and controversy, particularly in view of
the fact that the Standard Oil Company of California are
now operating on the Hasa Coast. It was agreed therefore
that it would be better to omit the map from the concession
I. and to leave the definition as vague as possible, at any rate
pending the further report on the whole question which is
awaited from 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The
position could be frankly explained to the A»P«0• C*,/
C./
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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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- Open Government Licence