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'AGREEMENT relating to the Debai Oil Concession. HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM and PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED DATED 5TH February, 1937.' [‎1r] (1/10)

The record is made up of 1 file (2 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1937. 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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Po litic al Depar tm ent Memo r andum 13.456 s
PEBAI POLITICAL AGREEMENT.
THIS AGREEMENT dated the fifth day of February
One thousand nine hundred and
Stamp 10s/- thirty seven is made BET W E E IT HIS MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (hereinafter called "His Majesty’s
Government’ 4 * * 7 ) of the one part and PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS
LIMITED (hereinafter called "the Company’’ which expression
shall where the context so admits he deemed to include its
successors and/or assignees and shall also he deemed to
include any subsidiary Company) of the other part.
W H E R E A S Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. )
Ltd. is a Subsidiary Company of Petroleum Concessions
Limited.
AND UHEREAS. in the event of the Company obtaining a
concession from the Sheikh of Debai (hereinafter called
"the Sheikh”) certain responsibilities will devolve on His
Majesty’s Government, the Company has agreed with His
Majesty’s Government as followss-
1. Petroleum Concessions Limited and any subsidiary
company shall be and remain a British company registered in
Great Britain and having its principal place of business in
Great Britain, and its Chairman shall at all times be a
British subject.
2. THE Agreement between the Company and the Sheikh shall
not be transferred to any other company without the prior
consent in writing of His Majesty’s Government, and any
other company to which that agreement may be transferred
shall be and remain a British company registered in Great
Britain and having its principal place of business in
Great Britain, and its Chairman shall at all times be a
British subject.
5. THE employees of the Company in Debai shall at all
times be British subjects or subjects of the Sheikh,
provided that, with the consent of His Majesty's Government,
such persons of other nationality as are required for the
efficient carrying on of the undertaking may be employed.
NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Agreement
between the Company and the Sheikh, the importation of
foreign native labour shall be subject to the approval of
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. .
4. THE Company in all except unimportant or routine
matters shall deal with the Debai Authorities through a
Chief Local Representative in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , who shall
be a British subject. The approval of His Majesty's
Government shall be required for the person so designated.
He will be ordinarily resident in Debai or Bahrein and will
be responsible for the Company's local relations with the
Debai authorities, ’which shall, except in routine or
unimportant matters, be conducted through the political
representative of His Majesty’s Government in Bahrein or
through any other person y/horn 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. may from time to time designate.

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The file consists of a copy of an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited relating to oil concessions in Debai [Dubai].

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1 file (2 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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