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Agreements made by Petroleum Concessions Limited with Shaikhs of Dubai and Sharjah, 1937, Umm-al-Qaiwan, 1945, and Ajman, 1951 [‎236r] (50/181)

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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(c) If such notice be given later than
30 years after the date of such signature
all the property aforesaid shall become the
property of the Shaikh free of all cost.
ARTICLE 18. On the expiry of this
Agreement at the end of the period of
Seventy-five Years provided in Article 2 or
any extension or renewal of that period all
the movable and immovable property of the
Company in the State shall be handed
over to the Shaikh free of cost. Producing
wells or borings at the time of such
expiry shall be handed over in reasonably
good order and repair.
ARTICLE 19. Subject to the provisions
of Article 22 hereof the Shaikh shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement and
to take without payment all the property of
the Company in the State if
(a) The Company shall fail to make
any of the payments prescribed in this Agree
ment within 6 months of the date on which
they fall due, or
(b) The Company shall be in default
in respect of an arbitration award under
Article 24 hereof.
ARTICLE 20. Nothing in this Agree
ment shall be read as restricting in any
way the right of the Shaikh to grant to other
parties concessions or permits for materials
other than the Substances as defined in Ar
ticle 3 provided that the operations and rights
of the Company hereunder are not thereby
injuriously affected.
If the Shaikh should at any date sub
sequent to the date of signature of this
Agreement grant to any other parties con
cessions or permits as aforesaid the Shaikh
undertakes that such concessions shall con
tain provisions requiring the holders thereof
to abstain from damaging, impeding or
interfering with the property, operations and
interests of the Company.
Deposits of minerals such as gold,
silver, copper, lead, potash, sulphur and
salt or the like which may be discovered
by the Company shall be reported to the
Shaikh and shall not be worked by the
Company except under special concession
or permit from the Shaikh.
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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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