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'File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar' [57r] (113/138)
The record is made up of 1 file (67 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1949-5 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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* 1f ^ ' into/-
British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Confide ntial. Sharjah,
Dated,2nd November,1949.
D.O.No.982-0630
y
Will you please refer to Jakins letter No.C/S 130
about the proposed arbitration over the Abu Dhabi sea-bed.
2. On 30th October, I spoke to Shaikh Shakhbut on
the lines suggested by Jakins and handed him the revised
translation. The Shaikh said that he replied to Jakins
letter on 28th September 1949 and that he casually handed
in his reply at one of the P.C.L,camps. There is, therefpre,
every reason to suppose that this letter must have gone
V altkiL *mJUL
astray. He gave me, however, a copy -ef which a translation^
la-attached.
3. You will notice that his reply completely evades
the issue. I asked the Shaikh what his real reason was
for adopting this evasive attitude. He replied that he was
trying to delay arbitration until such time as his finances
allow him to face any sort of legal costs without fear.
At present, he said, he could not guarantee to pay the fees
of a King's Counsel as 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.
suggested. I
gather that the Rs.400,000 loan made by P.C.L. in June of
this year has largely been expended already on consolidating
his position in Buraimi. I think also he is hoping that
Superior Oil Company will eventually engage and pay his
King's Counsel for him. He then said that he wished, at
s
the same time, to put to arbitration a number of other point
in the concession. I asked him what points he had in mind,
but he was unable to specify them. He said, however, that
the concession was "full of injustices". T^is attitude on
his part dates from the first visit of Sir Hugh in March
/v
1949 and at that time, both Pelly and I had good reason to
believe that Sir Hugh had deliberately, and with the
authority of a former Government Servant, convincingly, put
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The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, 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, the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah and local rulers regarding their jurisdiction over the seabed adjacent to their coastline, for the purpose of oil drilling offshore.
The correspondents are:
- Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī;
- Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah;
- Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain [Umm al-Quwain, UAE], Shaikh Ahmad II bin Rashid Al Mu'alla;
- the brother of the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr Al Qasimi;
- Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, Sheikh Saqr bin Moḥammad Al Qasimi;
- Ruler of Ajman, Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi;
- Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan;
- Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Āl Maktūm.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (67 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 69; 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-68; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and ink, but are not circled (some are crossed out), and they are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/890
- Title
- 'File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 11r:12v, 25r:29v, 40r:54v, 57r:59v, 63r:68v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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