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Agreements made by Petroleum Concessions Limited with Shaikhs of Dubai and Sharjah, 1937, Umm-al-Qaiwan, 1945, and Ajman, 1951 [‎262r] (102/181)

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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ARTICLE 3. The Shaikh hereby grants
to the Company the exclusive right to explore
search for drill for produce and win natural
gas asphalt oxokerite crude petroleum and
their products and cognate substances
(hereinafter referred to as "The Substances")
within the State, the exclusive ownership
of all the Substances so produced and won,
the right to refine transport sell for use
within and without the State or for export
and to export or otherwise deal with or
dispose of the Substances, and the right to
import export pump ship or otherwise
transport the Substances across or to any
country or place at the Company's dis
cretion and the right to do all things
necessary for the purpose of these oper
ations.
ARTICLE 4. If hereafter any neutral
Zone is created adjacent to the territory of
the State, wherein the Shaikh shall have a
co-equal and joint interest, the Shaikh
hereby agrees to grant to the Company an
oil concession over such neutral zone on
terms to be agreed between the Shaikh,
the Company and the joint ruler of such
Nautral Zone.
ARTICLE 5. In consideration of the
rights granted by the Shaikh by this
Agreement tbe Company shall pay to the
Shaikh.
(a) on signature of the agreement
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 60,000 ( Sixty thousand ).
(b) Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 200,000 Two hundred
Thousand within a period of sixty (60)
days from the date upon which the Company
declares in writing to the Shaikh that
substances have been discovered in com
mercial quantities. If the Company should
fail to declare so sooner, then the date of
discovery of substances in commercial
quantities shall be that date upon which the
Company has completed and tested a well
or wells capable of producing in accordance
with first class oil practice not less than
two thousand (2000) English Tons of clean
substances per day for a period of thirty
(30) consecutive days.
( c ) Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 30,000 ( Thirty
Thousand) at the end of each year from
the date of signature hereof until the
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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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