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Coll 30/87(2) Part I 'Qatar: Oil Concession.' [50r] (122/1310)
The record is made up of 4 volumes (639 folios). It was created in 14 Jan 1935-8 Nov 1944. 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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the Coiapany stopping their operations,,, M regards your
reference to what I said in tsy letter of 26th Jaraad ul
rhani 1361 (11-7-42), it does not, in any way, convey
the meaning you au gest. I assure you that what I wrote
in letters of 26th Jamd ul rhani and 8th Shaban 1361
is exactly what I mean, and 1 wrote those letters with
sincerity and good faith. If you refer to my letters in
question, from which you quoted extracts that suited you,
you will find thut my meaning .^^not as you have now
explained, but you have misinterpreted what I wrote.
In my letter of 26th Jamad ul Thani 1361, at the beginning
of the paragraph from \fr ich you quoted, I said f, You observed
during our conversation in this connection, when you read
Article lb of the Agreement, that there was no provision
in that Agreement relating to this matter. Yut you directed
my attention to the point of view of His Majesty’s lovern-
ment in this matter”. If you read the following phrase,
it will be clear to you what I really meant, a meaning
which cannot escape you. ”And I found some justification
in what you said”, and later, taking into consideration
existing conditions, 1 said {t There is no ambiguity in it”.
I meant that I agree to your wishes and those of your
Government only. 0*
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, how do you want me
now to change the meaning of what I have said and agree to
the view point of the Company about the stoppage of their
operations ? If what I said in ay letters to you satisfies
you and the Company, well and good. Please refer to the
second paragraph of the same letter where you will find
that I said f, Ir I reply to Your Honour’s request on the
point mentioned above my reply will be restricted to one
matter only”. This paragraph is clear and every one can
understand its meaning and to what it refers. I wonder
O’ Political /gent how this paragraph which is contained
In the same letter escapes you, and you quote certain words
the meaning of which is clear whep they are connected with
the preceding ones* 1 am sure that a person of your quali
ties fully understands what I really mean* The last sen
tence of ay letter dated 26th JifliSfl ul Thanl 1361 (11-7-42)
is, however, connected with the preceding one in which I
said,' ”1 explained everything to you during get conversation
and made the matter fully clear to you. xf you can assure
me that all that I have said - and it is an unambiguous
right - will be carried out, it ean then be said that there
is justification for what you told me verbally.” 1 still
affirm what I said previously. < hat I said to you is clear
and what you said to me verbally is what I have explained,
namely, you only expressed your wish and that of the 'Govern
ment, whereas I said that as far as the Company were con
cerned there was no real justification for them to stop
their operations* If, however, what I said to you is
carried out, then it can be said that thei'e is justification
takin into consideration your point of view and wish.
Youare not the same as the Company* How do you wish me to
agree to the paragraph which has been framed in the state
ment in this connection ? I am sura that if you will tninx
over the matter you will realise that I was justified In
what I have said.
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The file concerns the signing of the agreement between the British Government, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) (later the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company), and the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī] to award the company an exclusive oil concession in Qatar (also spelled Qatr and Katr). The file also concerns preliminary oil explorations in Qatar, and the subsequent suspension of operations on the orders of the British Government.
The papers cover: discussion, drafts and text of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Qatar and APOC (signed 17 May 1935); discussion, draft and text of the political agreement between HM Government and APOC (signed 5 June 1935); the use by the Shaikh of modern, Egyptian Arabic to make comments on the draft (folios 624-625); British support for the proposal that disputes between foreign employees of the company and inhabitants of Qatar should not be submitted to the Shara [Sharia] courts (folio 604); intelligence on the activities of the Standard Oil Company [California-Arabia Standard Oil Company] (e.g. folio 443); British emphasis that military protection would be afforded to the Shaikh of Qatar on condition that he awarded the oil concession to APOC, and the assumption by Britain of responsibility for the protection of Qatar (e.g. folios 400-403); the transfer of the concession from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (e.g. folios 335-357); the payment of salaries to the Shaikh's representatives (e.g. folios 294-295); water drilling operations by the company (e.g. folios 237-241); references to Qatar's disputed border with Saudi Arabia; reports of preliminary drilling results and first discoveries of oil (1939-41); employment of foreign personnel by Petroleum Concessions Limited in Qatar (folios 180-182); the suspension of drilling operations on the orders of HM Government in 1942 as a result of war conditions, including correspondence on the subject between British officials and the Shaikh of Qatar, 1942-43; note that the suspension had been ordered because the British military authorities were unable to spare sufficient personnel to ensure the destruction of the oil wells, should the military situation demand it (folio 41); correspondence dated 1944 concerning a proposed increase in world oil refining capacity; and further correspondence dated 1944 concerning the boundary between Qatar and Bahrain at Hawar Island.
The main correspondents are senior officials at the 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. , representatives of the oil companies concerned, and 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 Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately 30 folios of correspondence, largely between British officials and the Ruler of Qatar.
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.
- Extent and format
- 4 volumes (639 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: this file consists of four physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover of volume one (ff 1-161) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume four (ff 486-647); 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3806A
- Title
- Coll 30/87(2) Part I 'Qatar: Oil Concession.'
- Pages
- 49r:50v, 75r:76v, 81r:82v, 98r:112v, 178r:179v, 308r:308v, 312r:312v, 380r:380v, 554r:554v
- Author
- Al Thani, Shaikh Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed
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