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'Sharjah Oil Concession and connected documents' [‎8v] (16/26)

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The record is made up of 1 file (11 folios). It was created in 17 Sep 1937-23 May 1938. 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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prevent or control.
Article 23. The Shaikh shall not by general or special legislation or by
administrative measures or by any other act whatevei annul tins Agreement except
as provided in Article 19. . . , 0 i -i i
No alteration shall be made in the terms of this Agreement by either the Shaikh
or the Company except in the event of the Shaikh and the Company jointly agreeing
that it is desirable in the interests of both parties to make ceitain alterations,
deletions or additions to this Agreement.
Article 24.— (a) If at any time during the currency of this Agreement any
difference or dispute shall arise between the parties hereto concerning the inter
pretation or execution hereof, or anything herein contained, or in connection
herewith, or the rights or liabilities of either party hereunder, the same shall,
failing any agreement to settle it in any other way, be referred to two arbitrators,
one of whom shall be chosen by each party, and a referee, who shall be chosen by
the arbitrators before proceeding to arbitration.
(b) Each party shall nominate its own arbitrator within 60 days after delivery
of a request so to do by the other party, failing which its arbitrator may at the
request of the other party be designated by the British 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. . In the event of the arbitrators failing to agree within 60 days after
being chosen or designated the British 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
appoint a referee at the request of the arbitrators or of either of them.
(c) The decision of the arbitrators, or in a case of a difference of opinion
between them, the decision of the referee, shall be final and binding upon both
parties.
(d) In giving a decision the arbitrators or the referee shall specify an adequate
period of delay, during which the party against whom the decision is given shall
conform to the decision, and that party shall be in default only if that party has
failed to conform to the decision prior to the expiry of that period and not
otherwise.
(e) The place of arbitration shall be such as may be agreed by the parties and
in default of agreement shall be London.
Article 25. The Company shall make all payments that become due to the
Shaikh under this Agreement into the Shaikh’s account at the Eastern Bank, Ltd.,
Bahrain, and the Bank’s receipt shall be a full discharge for the Company in respect
to the payment of the sum stated in the Bank’s receipt.
Should the Shaikh decide to grant permission for a Bank to open a branch or
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Sharjah the Shaikh shall consult with the Company as to which Bank
shall be given the permission.
The Shaikh may from time to time designate in writing another Bank or Banks
for the purpose of this Article.
Article 26. The Shaikh may select a local man to act as a confidential person
as between the Shaikh and the Company’s Representative and to assist in procuring
the labour that the Company may require. The salary of the Shaikh’s confidential
person so appointed shall be paid by the Company through the Shaikh in Sharjah
and shall be at the rate of Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. Four hundred (400) per month.
Article 27. This Agreement is written in English and translated into Arabic.
In Witness whereof the parties to this Agreement have set their hands the day
and year first above written.
And God is Gracious.
The Company,
ERNEST 0. PARKES.
The Shaikh,
SULTAN BIN SAGAR.
(Signed in Arabic.)
In the presence of
T. H1CKINBOTHAM,
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.
17th September 1987.

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This file opens with a letter from 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 to Sultan bin Saqr al Qassim [Shaikh Sultān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Sharjah, dated 12 February 1946, requesting an amendment to the previous oil concession agreement which was drawn up between the two parties in September 1937. The request is for an extension of the previously agreed period of nine years which had been allocated for the company to undertake a geological examination of the agreed area prior to drilling. The next letter in the file is a reply from the Sultan who agrees to the extension owing to the disruption caused by the Second World War. The documents following this include copies of the original oil concession agreements (both the commercial agreement between the Sultan and the petroleum company and the political agreement between the company and the British Government), and copies of related correspondence 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. in Bahrain, the Shaikh of Sharjah, 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 Petroleum Concessions Limited, relating to the original agreements.

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1 file (11 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged [loosely] in chronological order.

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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; 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.

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