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Coll 30/119 'Qatar: Protest by Ibn Saud against the grant of the Qatar Oil Concession. Direct correspondence between the Sheikh of Qatar & Ibn Saud.' [15r] (29/191)
The record is made up of 1 file (94 folios). It was created in 21 Aug 1935-18 Feb 1936. 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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at first eight the undertaking glvcii by King Mi2 Asis in
Article VI w to maintain friendly ana peaceful relations
mi^it *be read (ao heifch Yutui’ Yaein hao in fact tried to
read It) as moaning that bolh partiee accepted ti e position
that the King rao to he in c iroct relations with the Rulers
of the reb States in quest ion# This impression is enhanced
in the ease of latar by the reference in the Art,* ele to
,f 3 Wslations with the territo? ios of Koweit and malrain and the
u jb&lkh& of aatar and the Jtan coast ,, t which give s some support
to the r&ndi argument that i n the caoc of the Phf fkh of ^atar
direct relations were actuau ly intonded between idng . ixtul
A^is and the : heilch*
8# X am advised, howeve:** thiit on considsrataon being
given to all the relevant circumstances this intorprotation
cou*.d hardly be maintained# The special treaty relations
between the Arab Rulers and His k joety J c Govern icnt are
specifically mentioned in A:‘tide VI itself, and. as their most
Important fonturo is the control which Hie Aa Joe - y ? c Government
are given over tho foreign : >0 la t.to us of the go Lu. .ero, it would
be expected that if Article VI Intended to make a departure
from this principle. It wou.d say so in unambiguous
Consequently Article VI should not be read ao invendod to
sanction a departure fro • tiiese treaties, unless there is no
other meaning which can be attributed to its teme* It is,
however, perfectly pooGlble to givo full effect ;o every word
in Article VI without invol 'in^q any departure fro:: the treaties,
because, when King Abdul Anas undertook, towards His r a^coty^
Government by Article VI of the Treaty of Jedtia, to maintain
friendly relations with the reb Rulers, this did not mean that
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The file concerns a letter from Ibn Saud (also referred to as Bin Saud) [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of Saudi Arabia, to Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim ath-Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], Ruler of Qatar (also spelled Katr), concerning the Qatar oil concession and the Saudi-Qatar frontier. The letter demanded that the Ruler of Qatar should agree to fix the boundary between Qatar and Saudi Arabia; otherwise, Ibn Saud would be 'compelled to protest and to stop operations'. The suggestion of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (on folio 86) was that the means of preventing operations would be by fomenting tribal unrest. The papers discuss the British response to the letter, which resulted in a formal protest by His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert). The Foreign Office subsequently decided to close the matter until a settlement of the frontier question could take place.
The papers include the text of Ibn Saud's letter or 'Mulhaq' (in Arabic, with English translation, folios 58-62); and correspondence from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Foreign Office, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Jedda, and the Government of India; and 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. minutes.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (94 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 95; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 30/119 'Qatar: Protest by Ibn Saud against the grant of the Qatar Oil Concession. Direct correspondence between the Sheikh of Qatar & Ibn Saud.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 8r:34v, 35v:57v, 63r:87v, 88v, 89v:95v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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