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Agreements made by Petroleum Concessions Limited with Shaikhs of Dubai and Sharjah, 1937, Umm-al-Qaiwan, 1945, and Ajman, 1951 [‎250r] (78/181)

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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any lands, houses or buildings with the
consent of and on conditions to be arranged
with the proprietors thereof, but the terms
of sucQ/pH^BMM Mease shall not be in
excess of those ordinarily current in their
respective localities.
(b) The Company shall acquire only
such lands, houses and buildings as are
necessary for its operations under this
Agreement. The 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 right to purchase at current
market rates fuel, water, food, building and
constructional materials and other supplies
of every kind in connection with its oper
ations hereunder; further the Shaikh grants
to the Company the right to construct new
roads for motor and general traffic, and to
make use of all existing roads or tracks
free of charge, or taxes of any kind
whatever.
( b ) The Company shall employ
Subjects of the Shaikh as far as
possible for all work for which they are
suited under the supervision of the Com
pany'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 right to import
labour, preference being given to labourers
from neighbouring Arab countries who will
obey the local laws. The Company shall
also have the right to import skilled and
technical employees. The Company shall
pay to the workmen it employs a fair wage,
such wage to be decided and stated by the
Company at the time the workmen are
engaged.
Further, the fact of the Company
employing Subjects of the Shaikh shall not
in any way whatever-alter the Status of such
employees in respect of their rights, privil
eges and duties as Subjects of the Shaikh,
and such employees will remain - in all
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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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