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'File 10/3 VII Qatar Oil Concession' [108r] (230/536)
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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I with i n the State of Qatr shall be surrendered to the Shaikh free of
charge. And the wells actually producing at the time of the said
c an cellati on shall be surrendered in a condition considered to be
good and satisfactory, as they were at that time.
And if the said cancellation should take place after thirty
I five years from the date of signature of this Agreement, all the
Company's properties within the State of Qatr shall be surrendered,
! in that case, to the Shaikh, free of charge; and the wells actually
producing at the time of the said cancellation shall be surrendered
:: in a condition which is reasonably considered good and satisfactory,
as they were at that time.
On the termination of this Agreement at the conclusion of
the seventy five years, stipulated for in the second article, or the
conclusion of any extension or renewal of its period all the Company's
properties existing in the State of Qatr shall be surrendered to the
Shaikh free of charge: and the wells actually producing at that time
shall be surrendered in a condition which is reasonably considered
good and satisfactory, as they used to be at that time.
Article Fourteenth. The Shaikh has the right to cancel this
Agreement in the two cases mentioned below:-
(A) If the Company fails to pay the sums mentioned in the
fourth article within six months from the date they fall due.
Provided that if any dispute should be made by the Company in regard
^ to any payment thereof, the Shaikh shall not cancel the Agreement
until arbitration takes place thereon in accordance with article
sixteenth and unless the Company fails to comply with the award of
the arbitrators within three months from the date of the said award.
(B) If the Company is in default according to the provisions
for arbitration set forth in the sixteenth article.
A rticle Fifteenth. The Shaikh shall not hold the Company liable if
^^fault should occur on the part of the Company in carrying out or
fulfilling the provisions of the Agreement by the mere occurence of
i force majeure delaying operation^ but should any difference occur
between His Excellency the Shaikh and the Company as to the
t exi stence or non-existence of such force majeure, the same shall be
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/416
- Title
- 'File 10/3 VII Qatar Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 102r:111r, 134r:143r
- Author
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
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