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Coll 30/110(2) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast. Negotiations with Sheikhs. Ras-al-Khaimah Agreement. Abu Dhabi.' [‎31r] (61/917)

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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ARTICLE 20. Nothing in this Agreement shall be read as restricting
in any way the right of the Shaikh to grant to other parties concessions
or permits for materials other than the Substances as defined in Article
3 provided that the operations and rights of the Company hereunder are
not thereby injuriously affected.
If the Shaikh should at any date subsequent to the date of signature
of this Agreement grant to any other parties concessions or permits as
aforesaid the Shaikh undertakes that such concessions shall contain
provisions requiring the holders thereof to abstain from damaging, impeding
or interfering with the property, operations and interests of the Company.
Deposits of minerals such as gold, silver, copper, lead, potash,
sulphur and salt or the like which may be discovered by the Company shall be
reported to the Shaikh and shall not be worked by the Company except under
special concession or permit from the Shaikh.
Further the Company shall instruct Geologists to mark carefully and
report to the Company any area and its location which appears to them to
give promise of yielding minerals or fresh water from a bore-hole and the
Company undertakes to keep the Shaikh informed of all such minerals and
water reports and the sites of the area or areas.
ARTICLE 21. The Shaikh hereby agrees that the Company may transfer
the obligations and benefits of this Agreement to a British Company to
be called "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” or to any other
Company registered within the British Empire.
ARTICLE 22. Failure on the part of the Company to fulfil any of the
conditions of this Agreement shall not give the Shaikh any claim against the
Company or be deemed a breach of this Agreement in so far as such failure
arises from force majeure, and if through force majeure the fulfilment by
the Company of any of the conditions of this Agreement be delayed the
period of such delay shall be added to the periods fixed by this Agreement.
Force majeure as used in this Agreement includes the Act of God, war,
insurrection, riot, civil commotion, tide, storm, tidal wave, flood,
lightning, explosion, fire, earthquakes and any other happening which the
Company could not reasonably prevent or control.
ARTICLE 23. The shaikh shall not by general or special legislation
or by administrative measures or by any other act whatever annul this
Agreement except as provided in Article 19.
No alteration shall be made in the terms of this Agreement by either
the Shaikh or the Company except in the event of the Shaikh and the Company
jointly agreeing that it is desirable in the interests of both parties to
make certain alterations deletions or additions to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 24 (a) If at any time during the currency of this Agreement
any difference or dispute shall arise between the parties hereto concerning
the interpretation or execution hereof, or anything herein contained, or in
connection herewith, or the rights or liabilities of either party hereunder,
the same shall, failing any agreement to settle it in any other way, be
referred to two arbitrators, one of whom shall be chosen by each party, and
a referee, who shall be chosen by the arbitrators before proceeding to
arbitration.
(b) Each party shall nominate its own arbitrator within Sixty days
after delivery of a request so to do by the other party failing which its
arbitrator may at the request of the other party be designated by the
British 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. . In the event of the
arbitrators failing to agree within Sixty days after being chosen or
designated the British 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. may appoint
a referee at the request of the arbitrators or of either of them.

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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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Coll 30/110(2) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast. Negotiations with Sheikhs. Ras-al-Khaimah Agreement. Abu Dhabi.' [‎31r] (61/917), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3836, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100050244071.0x000040> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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