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Coll 30/110(2) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast. Negotiations with Sheikhs. Ras-al-Khaimah Agreement. Abu Dhabi.' [28r] (55/917)
The record is made up of 1 file (453 folios). It was created in 18 Jun 1936-15 Jul 1946. 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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(b) The importation by the Company of firearms and other weapons
is prohibited, except with the written permission of the Shaikh.
(c) The Company may import such alcoholic drinks and liquors as the
Company may require for the use of their foreign employees but
only with the written permission of the Shaikh, and the Political
Agent, Bahrain, or any authority deputed by them, but the Company
shall not sell or give alcoholic drinks or liquors to the Subjects
of the Shaikh or to the Subjects of adjoining Rulers who may be
employed within the State.
ARTICLE 10. The employees of the Company shall be allowed to enter
into and to leave the State at ail times without let or hindrance and free
of all charge, and the Shaikh shall grant to the Company f s employees every
facility required for the purpose of the Company’s operations hereunder.
But the Company’s employees shall not interfere or by their actions
cause any disturbance or cause opposition to the Shaikh’s authority within
the State of Ras-al-Rhaimah and the employees shall not go beyond the limit
of their duties when employed within or when leaving the confines of the
State of Ras-al-Khaimah for the purpose of this Agreement.
Further in the event of any of the Company’s employees - whether he be a
senior or a junior employee- committing an offence which may cause disorder or
interfere with the moral or religious laws or interfere with the politics or
Subjects of the State of Ras-al-Khaimah or excite them to sedition, then the
Shaikh may apply to the
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.
, Bahrain, to send the person concerned -
if a foreigner - out of the State of Ras-al-Khaimah but if a Subject of the
Shaikh then the Shaikh may arrest the culprit and deal with him according
to the laws of the State of Ras-al-Khaimah.
ARTICLE 11 (a) For the purpose of its operations hereunder the Company
shall have the right without hindrance to construct, maintain and operate
power stations, refineries, pipelines and storage tanks, facilities for water
supply including boring for water, telegraph and telephone lines and
installations and wireless installations, roads, railways, tramways, buildings,
ports, harbours, harbour works, aircraft, buildings and lending places for
aircraft, wharves and jetties, oil and coaling stations, with such lighting
as may be requisite and any other facilities or works which the Company may
consider necessary and for such purposes to use free of all payments any
stone, sand, gravel, gypsum, lime, clay or similar materials or water which
may be available provided always that the inhabitants of the State are not
prevented from taking their usual requirements of these materials and that
the water supply of the local inhabitants and nomad population who may be
dependent on the same is not endangered. The Company at its discretion may
select the position of any such works. The Company may likewise install
and operate without hindrance all such means of transportation by land, air
and water as may be necessary for the effective conduct of its operations
hereunder provided it is for the purposes of this Agreement.
(b) The Company shall under normal conditions accept and transmit
free of charge on its wireless and telegraph installations such of the
Shaikh’s messages as will not interfere with the Company’s business, and
in times of national emergency the Shaikh shall have the necessary use
free of charge of the Company’s wireless and telegraph installations and
railways for governmental purposes.
(c) The Shaikh’s ships shall have the right to use harbours utilised
or constructed by the Company provided that such use in no way hampers the
Company or interferes in any way with the safety of its operations of which
the Company shall be the sole judge. Any wharves or appurtenances
constructed by the Company shall be for its exclusive use. The Company
may use for the purpose of its operations the harbours along the coast of
the State, but the Company shall not impede or interfere with the subjects
of the Shaikh or their right to continue the use of existing harbours,
anchorages, wharves and docks along the coast of the State at present
utilised by them for their sailing craft and fishing boats.
ARTICLE 12. The Company shall have the right and be given the
necessary facilities.
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The file concerns negotiations between Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and the rulers of several states on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. over oil concession agreements. Petroleum Concessions Limited was the company approved by the British Government to seek oil concessions in the area; it later operated under its subsidiary company Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited. The papers principally relate to Ras-al-Khaimah and Abu Dhabi, but also concern Dubai, Sharjah, Umm-al-Qaiwain, Ajman, and Kalba.
The papers consist of correspondence and memoranda issued by 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. , 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. , and the 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. , Bahrain; and correspondence from the oil companies involved and local rulers (including four folios in Arabic, with English translations).
The papers cover: correspondence concerning undertakings by local rulers to protect oil surveying parties in their territories, and the amount of their liability in the event of any incidents; the involvement of Major Frank Holmes and Haji Williamson [William Richard Williamson]; the demarcation of boundaries in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; draft agreements relating to Ras-al-Khaimah; British concern over interest in the area on the part of the American company California Arabian Standard Oil; the definition of the phrase 'the Trucial Sheikhs' (folios 386-387); papers concerning a request by PCL for permission from the British Government to employ a French assistant geologist (August-September 1937); a PCL report on the progress of negotiations in Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi], February 1938 (folios 218-226); other draft agreements; minutes of meetings between British officials and PCL; statement giving the financial terms of certain oil agreements in Arabia (folios 144-147); and the prolongation of the agreement between the Ruler of Ras-al-Khaimah, Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited in 1941, as a result of the international situation (the Second World War, 1939-45).
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 (453 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 454; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-454; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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