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'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL' [230r] (475/630)
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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any of the hypotheses discussed above there will remain a
tract of territory of indetaralnate owiersaip between the
Wue line and any of the boundaries suggested for the
SlielkMoffi of ...atar. The bulk of this tract will apparency
fall within the Jafuruh Desert. This desert is,
according to Lorioier (II, 892), regarded by some Arabs as
a projection of the Hub-ai-Kbaii, but the important point
is that it possesses only "a few wells of very bitter
water and a little scanty grazing. Its surface consists
of red and burning sand", fixe Al-iorah tribe (and even
then only in winter or in search of a refuge from more
powerful enemies) are apparently the only tribe who
frequent it to any considerable extent, •fthile sojourning
in Jafurah the Al-Morah as a rule drink nothing but the
milk of their camels and even cook bheir rice in the same.
If compelled to swallow w.-tor from the sells tney first
ffiix it with driod dates to cake it more palatable. The
Sahabig have frequently wagea war on the ;.l«j.orah, but
Feisal alone, if local traaition is to be Relieved,
succeede d in penetrating wiUi bis troops as far as
Banayan and bie force was so reduced by the hardships of
the uesert march that he was compelled on nis arrival
there to grant the tribe exceedingly easy terms.• If this
is the nature of the Jafurafa Desert the probability of
active oil exploitation being possible in it is very much
reduced, as is correspondingly tba importance of including
it or any portion of it in the boundaries of ^tar for the
purposa of the present concession.
There is the further possibility that the sheikh
of Abu Etiabi my prefer a claim to territorial control,
Ahlcb would bring his territories on the eaet up to the
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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