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'File 38/4 Petroleum Concessions Limited Sharjah Concession' [‎26v] (52/162)

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The record is made up of 1 file (79 folios). It was created in 2 Apr 1938-14 Dec 1950. 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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No. 3
C!opy of letter from H. Weightman, Esq., 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
2'dr'd December 1937, No. 0/929-10/12, to Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah.
After compliments,
His Majesty’s Government have been furnished with a copy of the Agreement
signed by you on the 17th September 1937 [No. 1] corresponding to the 11th day
of Rajab 1356 granting to 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 cop} r of
an Agreement which has been concluded between His Majesty’s Government and
Petroleum Concessions, Limited, in London on 12th November 1937 [No. 2].
3. I am to inform you that the understanding described below has been
reached with the Company :—
(a) Should any of the terms of 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 12th November
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.
(b) 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
12th November 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
that all properties of the Company within your territory shall become your
property, and that they will hand over to you free of cost land granted to the
Company by you and any lands or buildings which the Company may have
bought and any houses or buildings constructed by the Company and all other
irremovable property of the Company within your territory, including the
producing wells and borings which shall be handed over in reasonably good
order and repair.
4. Please let me have a reply to this letter to the effect that you understand the
nature of the arrangements set out above and that you are prepared to agree to
them. On receipt of your reply His Majesty’s Government will obtain from the
Company formal confirmation of their acceptance of the arrangements and will
communicate such confirmation to you.
Usual ending, 0k.
(Sd.) H. WEIGHTMAN,
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.
No. 4
Translation of letter No. 2, dated the 23rd Muharram 1357 (2Qth March 1938),
from Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, to H. Weightman, Esq., I.C.S.,
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.
After compliments,
In reply to your letter dated the 20th Shauwal 1356 [No. 3], equivalent to
the 23rd December 1937, I beg to inform you that I have taken notice of the
conditions set out in your letter and that I agree to them.
I undertake, moreover, that I will be guided by the advice of His Majesty’s
Government in regard to my termination of the concession which is referred to in
paragraph 3 (b) of your letter.
Usual ending.

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The file contains correspondence relating to the oil concession in the Sharjah territories. The correspondence is 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; representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and 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, in London, Bahrain, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. [United Arab Emirates]; 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; the Political 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. at Bushire (later Bahrain) [ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. ]; 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. ; Sultan bin Saqr [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ], the Ruler of Sharjah; and the Government of India.

The majority of the file covers an amendment to the 1937 concession agreement between the oil company, Petroleum Concessions Ltd, and Shaikh Sultan that was made in February 1946. This amendment was made in order to extend the permitted drilling period following the Second World War, during which no drilling was carried out. Permission to open negotiations over the matter was sought from the British Government by the company. There is a copy of the agreed amendment on folio 72.

Other matters covered by the file include:

Folios 19-28 is Memo B 467 of 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. and includes a copy of the commercial agreement between the company and Shaikh Sultan, a copy of the 'political agreement' between the company and the British Government, and copies of correspondence relating to both.

Folios 76-80 are internal office notes.

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1 file (79 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-75; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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