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'File 10/3 VII Qatar Oil Concession' [51r] (116/536)
The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 17 Jan 1935-30 Apr 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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7# tTia# •ituatlun 1» themior« us ioIioksi
(fe) If *yll%u coiiciuattfi the Coisusicrcial A^re^ftnt Uxen
th« .olltlcfci i\^r««uj^nt Hie .j^wsty's govern
ment. 8i\(l th« Coffii-cflv will have •lo b«j 4 -rt2ki«nt«d to
ths /
was present) I inrormed him iranidy that I had n«ara*rusioora*
to the above effect* Holcuea (wnom I like personally whatever
I may U.ink of tiiin official y) aaid t/. t he appreciated my
irankiifesa ana the.t he had no intention of viaitiiici ^atar or
of negotiating for oil there until at all eventa the Anglo-
1 eraian Oil Company conceaaion had expired. In the r .eantirae
he waid be busy here with Kuwait Oil Company ^eolo^lata. I
am infoming the itnglo-> eraian Oil Con^any Abadan of this.
4. i^irauing a policy of rrankneaa 1 a a <ed hoi ea who he
woula act for when and ii he negotiated at ^atar. h« niaae
tiie iollowing intereat^n^ atateifient. Th ^t he haa in the laat
few months been approached by two "one hundred er cent" Bri i ah
fcroupa (who haa since araalganki ted into one j^roup) to negotiate
on tneir bshalf in ^atar, but had tola them there was •nothi*^
uoiuft 1 until tiie / nglo- eraian Oil Company option had expired
without their oeint aucceeaiul in obt ining the couceaaion.
IhMit if thla occurred, ixiore especially if the /iaericans were
aiter the concea lon 9 he would certainly enter the field.
6» Holiuea did nut give me this Information in confidence
but 1 see no neceaeity for It to be passed to tne Anglo-
eraian Oil Company.
o. i aid not aek him the naties of his hunored par cent
British backers but it is quite possible that they way be
Traders under another name - with ^astern ana General and
Arabian L/evelo^meit Syndicate ele ejits added.
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between 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. , 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. and 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. in Bahrain with the Shaikh of Qatar, the Foreign Office, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the borders of Qatar, the oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdoms with Ibn Saud.
The volume includes:
- 'SKETCH MAP OF QATAR PENINSULA' (ff. 5 and 23);
- draft of the Qatar Oil Concession and copy of the Kuwait Oil Agreement, 5 March 1934;
- telegram sent on 6 March 1935 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. to the Secretary of State for India, informing that a further extension of the exploration agreement was granted for 2 months by the Sheikh of Qatar to Mr Mylles, representing A.P.O.C. (f. 48);
- correspondence on the negotiation to find an agreement on some articles and on the financial conditions of the concession;
- drafts of the agreement with A.P.O.C. sent by Shaikh Abdullah and notes of the discussion at 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. ;
- there are some letters to and from the Shaikh in the file, in Arabic with English translation;
- papers regarding a visit to Qatar of 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. in Bahrain;
- telegram sent on 30 April 1935 form 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. to the Vice-Consul at Mohammerah informing that the agreement has been signed (f. 236).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 250-256).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (261 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 250-256. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is on the front top right of each folio. The numbering is in pencil, mostly encircled, starting with 1 on the first page of writing and ending on back cover with 261. There is a second foliation, uncircled, starting from folio 26 (numbered 25) and ending on folio 101 (numbered 100).
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/416
- Title
- 'File 10/3 VII Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:3v, 6r:11v, 25r:67v, 69v, 80v:81v, 83v, 93v:101v, 111v:132v, 133v, 143v:144v, 145v:158v, 160r:163v, 164v:189v, 190v:205v, 206v:215v, 216v, 217v, 218v:220v, 221v:225v, 226v:247v, 249v:260v, 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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