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'File 10/3 V Qatar Oil Concession' [‎220r] (457/527)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (254 folios). It was created in 14 May 1934-19 Jul 1934. 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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Statement of the Present Position of the Frontiers
between the Saudi Kingdom and the Neighbouring Arab
Territories to the East and South.
!• The Government of His Majesty, for reasons which are
in their view of substantial importance, cannot admit that
the frontier line called "the blue line", which was
specified in the Anglo--Turkish Convention of 1913 and
confirmed in the Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1914, was
agreed upon between Governments having proper authority
and a true locus standi whatever may have then been the
real position of the British Government - regarding which
we do not wish to enter into discussion now; for the position
of the Ottoman Government at that time was clear and evident,
in that they did not possess the right to determine the
destiny of the countries which had concluded agreements in
this respect with the British Government; for it is clear
and evident that the authority of the Ottoman Government
over the territories under discussion, while it did not
extend beyond the inhabited towns and villages and was
not exercised outside them, ceased in xact as soon as His
Majesty the King recovered the territories of his ancestors
and established his legal authority in tnem, by occupying
al-Hasa on the 5th Jumad al Ula 1331 (corresponding to the
13th April 1913). Every agreement made by the Ottoman
Government in respect of these territories after the above
mentioned date is void, as emanating from a Government
having no concern with them.
2. Article 1 of the Treaty concluded between His Majesty
the King and the British Government on the 18th Safar 1334
^corresponding to the 16th Becemoer 191*5) states as follows:
"The/

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The volume contains correspondence, telegrams and memoranda exchanged 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. and 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. and with the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, H.M's Minister in Jedda, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the subjects of the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.

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There is an index (folios 227-249).

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1 volume (254 folios)
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The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, (folios 277-249). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on the first page of writing from 1-185; then 186, 187A, 187B, 188; then 223, 224A, 224B; and it carries on until 254, which is the last number given, on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting on folio 1 (numbered 1); skipping or missing 57; then 112, 113, 113A; ending on folio 225 (numbered 227).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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