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'21/2 TAXES IN QATAR' [4r] (7/30)
The record is made up of 1 file (13 folios). It was created in 3 Nov 1940-9 Jul 1941. 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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Confidential
©
No •C/866-22/10«
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, the 9th November 1940
To
The Hon*ble 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.
,
Camp, Bahrain*
Memorandum
I enclose a copy of a letter No.PDQ/SAA2/2171 dated the
3x*d November 1940 from the Manager, Petroleum Development
(Qatar) Limited.
2. It appears that the Shaikh contemplates imposing
new taxes, i.e. an annual registration charge and a form of
income tax which would discriminate against Company employees.
As pointed out by the Manager the booklet system will give
the Shaikh complete control over outside employees of the
Company.
3. The last paragraph of Article 10 of the Qatar Gil
Concession seems to have some bearing but it is the Company
which is to be exempted from "all present and future taxes
of any kind whatsoever”• The ^Company” does not include
employees as can b$ seen from the wording of Article 10.
Ihere is nothing in the Qatar Oil Concession document to pre
vent the Shaikh from discriminating against employees of the
Oil Company.
4. As regards employees of the Company, article 17 of the
Concession already gives the Shaikh sufficient control over
their retention, which can be dispensed with if the Shaikh
has observed any irregular conduct on the part of the
employee/-
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This file concerns protests by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited to the British 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 regarding the plan of Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, the Ruler of Qatar, to impose a system of taxation on its employees and the question of whether this breaches Article 10 of the Qatar Oil Concession. Correspondents in this file include: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, 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. at Bushire; Major Reginald George Evelin Alban, 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; Ernest Vincent Packer, Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited; 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. , London.
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 15; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- '21/2 TAXES IN QATAR'
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- front, front-i, 4r:14v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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