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Agreements made by Petroleum Concessions Limited with Shaikhs of Dubai and Sharjah, 1937, Umm-al-Qaiwan, 1945, and Ajman, 1951 [‎261r] (100/181)

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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between Kis Excellency Shaikh Sultan
Bin Sagar in the exercise of his powers
as Ruler of Sharjah Arabia, on his own
behalf and on behalf of and in the name
of his heirs and successors in whom is or
shall be vested for the time being the res-
ponsiblity for the control and Government
of the State of Sharjah (hereinafter called
" The Shaikh " ) of the one part and
Petroleum Concessions Limited, a Com
pany registered in Great Britain under the
Companies Act, 1929, its successors and
assigns (hereinafter called "The Company,.)
of the second part.
ARTICLE 1, (a) The area to which
Agreement applies is the State of Sharjah
including all Islands and Territorial Waters
appertaining thereto, (hereinafter referred to
as "The Slate") being all that Territory in
cluded in the Shaikhdom of Sharjah
The Shaikh agrees that when the
Territorial limits of the State of Sharjah
have been determined the area covered by
the Concession will be coterminous with
the limits so determined.
( b) The area - within the State of
Sharjah - at present being used by Im
perial Airways Limited and the Royal Air
Force as an aerodrome, the buildings
thereon, and all concerned with that area
is entirely excluded from and for the
purposes of this agreement.
ARTICLE 2. The period of thin
Agreement shall be 75 Calendar years from
the date of signature.
The expression year, month and day
used in this Agreement shall mean what
is consistent with the English Solar
Calendar and not any other. Further, the
weights mentioned in this Agreement shall
be reckoned on the English Ton of 2,240 lbs.
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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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