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Agreement between [the] Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd. [6r] (11/22)
The record is made up of 1 file (11 folios). It was created in 11 Jan 1939. 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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6.
available Ido not sufficient or not suited to the v/orl:, then
the Company shall inform the Ruler of the numb c r required
and the duties for which they are needed, in the hope that
the Ruler may be able to find this number in the country,
and if not the Company may call for them from outside.
Preference shall be given to labour rom the neighbouring
iirab countries such as v/ill obey the local la us • The
Company may import from abroad its specialised and
technical employees. The Company shall pay its labour
at suitaole rates and shall accord good treatment to the
'workers of the country and she 1 ! give them the opportunity
of practical training, and shall afford free medical
treatment to any v/ho come to require it in the course
of their duties.
(b) The Company*s employees shall be allowed to
enter and leave the territory without hindrance and the
Ruler shall give them all necessary facilities for
carrying out their duties.
(c) If there be proved against any of the Company’s
employees an offence which night lead to a breach of
good oivior or to interference in the politics of f»bu
Dhabi, then the Ruler may (if the offender be a foreigner)
cpply co tiie Company for the expulsion of such employee
from the territory and the Company shall be bound to expel
him if the Ruler so desires. But if the offender be 01*16
of the subjects of the Ruler, then he may judge him
according to the laws of the country.
ARTICLE 9. The ruler shall afford to the Company
and its employ os all the protection within his power, and
mc.y appoint a sufficient number of guards on the Company’s
promises after consultation with the Company. In case
of movement (of personnel) he may appoint sufficient
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The file concerns an agreement between Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan bin Za'id [Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan], Ruler of Abu Dhabi, 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, which relates to the Abu Dhabi oil concession of 11 January 1939. The agreement details the general terms and conditions of the concession including the amount to be paid to the Shaikh by the company, and the benefits he will receive. The agreement is signed by Stephen Longrigg, General Manager of 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., and Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan bin Za'id.
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The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 11; 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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