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'Confidential 86/7-VIII B-45 P.C.L. TRUCIAL COAST' [‎201v] (407/444)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 12 Aug 1937-29 Dec 1937. 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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12
Annexure.
To His Excellency,
Shaikh Said Bin Maktum Al-Iiashar,
Ruler of Dubai.
Your Excellency, Dubai, 2^nd May 1937.
Greetings : I am authorised by my Company to inform Your Excellency that
should Your Excellency see fit to appoint a London Representative after discovery
of oil in commercial quantities such Representative will have access to the
management of the Company at any reasonable time for the purposes of making
representations which Your Excellency may wish him to make regarding the
working of the Concession Agreement that Your Excellency graciously granted to
this Company on 22nd May 1937 corresponding to 11th Rabi-Awwal 1356.
The Company's officials will be pleased to supply all information to such
Representative pertaining to oil production and the Company’s operations generally
in Dubai at any reasonable time.
With expressions of deep respect and regard for the person of Y r our Excellency.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Excellency’s obedient Servant,
FRANK HOLMES,
For and on behalf of
Petroleum Concessions, Limited.
No. 3
dopy of letter from Captain Hickinbotham, 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. , Bahrain, dated the
22nd May 1937, No. T/l of 1937, to Shaikh Sa’id Bin Maktum, O.B.E.,
Ruler of Dubai.
After compliments,
His Majesty’s Government have been furnished with a copy of the Agreement
[No. 2] signed by you on the 22nd May 1937 granting to Petroleum Development
( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ), Limited, which is a subsidiary Company of Petroleum Concessions
Limited, an oil concession in respect of your territory on the understanding that the
Agreement is subject to the approval of His Majesty’s Government.
2. Under instructions from His Majesty’s Government I now enclose a copy of
an Agreement (No. 1) which has been concluded between His Majesty’s Government
and Petroleum Concessions, Limited, in London on 5th February 1937.
3. It is desirable that there should be a clear understanding as to the position
which would arise in certain eventualities in connection with these two Agreements,
and I am to inform you that in these circumstances the understanding described
below has been reached with the Company: —
(а) Should any of the termspf the Agreement between you and the Company
be inconsistent or in conflict with the terms of the Agreement between the
Company and His Majesty’s Government signed in London on 5th February 1937
the Agreement between you and the Company will to the extent of any such
inconsistency or conflict be subordinate to and be controlled by the terms
of the Agreement between the Company and His Majesty’s Government.
(б) If the Company should fail to observe any of the terms of the Agreement
between the Company and His Majesty’s Government signed in London on
5th February 1937, or if the alleged failure having been disputed by the
Company the matter has been referred to arbitration under Article 24 of
the Company’s Agreement with you (which is made applicable to the case
by Article 11 of the Agreement between the Company and His Majesty’s
Government) and the Company should not remedy such failure within the
reasonable time which should be fixed by the arbitrators for so doing then
in these cases, as in the cases mentioned in Article 19 of the Company’s
Agreement with you, but in no other, the Company agrees that you will be
entitled to terminate the Agreement between the Company and yourself, and

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The volume contains correspondence between 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. (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe), 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 (Tom Hickinbotham, Hugh Weightman), the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Saiyid ‘Abd al-Razzaq), the Secretary of State for India and Burma (Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland), 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. (John Charles Walton, Alexander Colin Symon, John Percival Gibson) and Petroleum Concessions Limited (Frederick Lewisohn, Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, Frank Holmes, Basil Henry Lermitte, Ernest Vincent Packer) regarding negotiations for oil concessions on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

The correspondence focuses on the negotiations between Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al Khaymah] and Basil Henry Lermitte of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and the progress made in attempting to reach an acceptable agreement for both parties.

Also included in the volume are details of the situation with the Shaikh Ahmad bin Rashid [Aḥmad bin rāshid Āl Mu'alla] of Umm al Qaiwain [Umm al Qaywayn] who wishes to await the conclusion of the Ras al Khaimah negotiations before agreeing to a concession with PCL; Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid [Rāshid Bin Ḥumaid Al-Nu`aimī], Ruler of Ajman who wishes to await the expiry of his existing option with PCL before commencing negotiations; and Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan bin Zaid [Shaikh Shakhbūt bin Sulṭān bin Zāyid Āl Nahyān], Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with whom it is concluded that negotiations should be put on hold until the Shaikh’s uncle and chief adviser Khalifa bin Zaid [Khalīfah bin Zāyid Āl Nahyān] had returned from Braimi [Al Buraymī].

Further discussions refer to Qatar, where PCL intended concluding their geological explorations and to commence their drilling programme; and Muscat and Dhofar where they hoped to make use of an RAF plane in order to reach more remote areas for geological survey.

Also included in the volume is confirmation of the acceptance by Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Sharjah of the political agreement and exchange of notes required by His Majesty’s Government in order approve the concession agreement made with Petroleum Concessions Limited; and the signing of the oil concession agreement in Sharjah on 13 September 1937. Later correspondence discusses some typing errors identified in the text of the concession agreement and the need for the political agreement to be the same as Debai’s [Dubai] and not the amended version recently approved by 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. . Copies of the signed concession can be found at folios 6-85 and 157-175, and a copy of the political agreement and letters to be exchanged at folios 179-186.

Other matters discussed in the volume include:

A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 202-215.

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1 volume (218 folios)
Arrangement

The volume contains a table of contents on folio 5 consisting of subject headings and page references. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 7-203; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The additional sequence is located in the same position as the main foliation, though some numbers are instead located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. . A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superceded and therefore crossed out.

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