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Agreements made by Petroleum Concessions Limited with Shaikhs of Dubai and Sharjah, 1937, Umm-al-Qaiwan, 1945, and Ajman, 1951 [‎217r] (12/181)

The record is made up of 1 file (5 files, 90 folios). It was created in 1937-1951. 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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into tne St-ate frcm any adjoining territory
by pipe lines or otnerwise for tne purpose
of operating any refinery wnich tne Company
may decide to erect within tne iitate, and
(b) for the transport of tne Substance
by pipe~lines or otnerwise over and across the
State from and in any adjoining territory to
any point suitable for tne refining or snipping
of tiie Substances.
And no duties, taxes, cnarges or dues
of any nature whatsoever shall be levied in
respect of such import or transport#
ARTICLE 13. (a) The Company shall nave free of
cost the unrestricted use and occupation of
and surface rights over all uncultivated lands
of the State which the Company may need for
the purpose of its operations and in particular
the Company shall have tne right to select an
area or areas of land chosen by the Company
with exclusive surface rights upon which to
erect drilling rigs, pump-stations, oil-re
fineries, storage, terminal, shipping and air
craft facilities and any other works required
for the Company 1 s operations; and the Company
may buy or lease for such purposes any lands,
houses or buildings with the consent of and
on conditions to be arranged with the prop
rietors thereof, but the terms of such pur
chases or lease shall not be in excess of those
ordinarily current in their respective locali
ties.
(b) The Company shall acquire only such
lands, houses and buildings as are necessary
for its operations under this Agreement. Die
Company shall inform the Shaikh from time to
time of the land, houses and buildings which
it requires to occupy for its operations; and
land, houses and buildings previously acquired
by the Company from the Shaikh but found no
longer necessary for its operations shall be
returned by the Company to the Shaikh free of
cost.
ARTICLE 14. (a) The Company shall have the
ri^it to purchase at current market rates fuel,
water, food, building and constructional ma
terials and other supplies of every kind in
connection with its operations hereunder, fur
ther the Shaikh grants to the Company the
ri^it to construct new roads for motor arvj
general traffic, and to make use of all present
and future roads or tracks free of charge, or
taxes of any kind whatever.
(b) The Company shall employ Subjects of
the ^haikh as far as possible for all work for
which they are suited under the supervision of
the Company 1 s skilled employees, but if the
local supply of labour should in the judgment
of the Company be inadequate or unsuitable the
Company shall have the rigit to import labour,
preferance being given to labourers from neigh-
. . ♦

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The file contains bi-lingual (English and Arabic) copies of oil concession agreements made between Petroleum Concessions Limited and the Shaikhs of Ajman, Dubai, Sharjah and Umm-Al-Quwain. The details of which are as follows:

  • Bi-lingual copy of agreement between Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid, Ruler of Ajman and Petroleum Concessions Limited, 31 January, 1951 (folios 211-223);
  • Bi-lingual copy of agreement between Shaikh Said bin Maktum Al Hasher, Ruler of Dubai and Petroleum Concessions Limited, 22 May, 1937 (folios 224-241);
  • Bi-lingual copy of agreement between Shaikh Said bin Maktum Al Hasher, Ruler of Dubai and Petroleum Concessions Limited, 22 May, 1937 with Annexure (folios 242-259);
  • Bi-lingual copy of agreement between Shaikh Sultan bin Sagar, Ruler of Sharjah and Petroleum Concessions Limited, 17 September 1937 and amendments from 7 February, 1951 (folios 260-281);
  • Bi-lingual copy of agreement between Shaikh Ahmad bin Rashid, Ruler of Umm-Al-Quwain and Petroleum Concessions Limited, 20 March, 1945 and an amendment from 16 November, 1951 (folios 282-300).
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1 file (5 files, 90 folios)
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Condition: Five separate files, four of which are bound pamphlets and one consists of loose sheets in a folder.

Foliation: The file's foliation sequence is written in pencil, circled, and is 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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