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Coll 30/110(1) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast.' [101v] (213/910)
The record is made up of 1 volume (451 folios). It was created in 4 Aug 1934-7 Jul 1936. It was written in English. 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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exempt »d tm, **, *.
harbour duties, import duties, e p su ’ r f ace rent of whatever nature ; and in
whether State or p' 1 ®’ ‘ „ s i ia ll in addition to the payments provided for
consideration thereof the Cm P o ^ anniversary of the date of signature of this
in Article'3 pay to the Sliaih p )S .) 0 f petroleum on which royalty
Agreement four annas faunas 4) per ton J *
is payable; ; < , iX
i(B) The importation by the Company of fireanns and other weapons is pro
hibited except with the written permission of the Shaikh.
(r) If tte Company should sell in Kuwait any material or goods previously
imnorted into Kuwait for the purposes of its operations lieieimdei an no longer
reauTred by the Company, the Company shall pay to the Shaikh m respect of such
material 01 goods sold the equivalent of import duty thereon at the rate m force at
the time tf sale. The duty shall be computed on the price received on sale.
fD) Necessary customs officials at harbours constructed by the Company or
additional customs officials required at any other ports utilised by the Company
shall be appointed by the Shaikh in consultation with the Company and heir
salaries which shall not exceed the usual salaries of such officials shall be paid by
the Company which shall also provide at; its own expense suitable buildings 01 the
ar*r>ntnm ndation of customs officials at harbours which it has constructed.
Article 8.—(A) The Company shall have the right to purchase at current
market rates fuel, water, food, building and constructional materials and other
supplies of every kind in connection with its operations hereunder.
(B) The Company shall employ subjects of the Shaikh as far as possible for all
work for which they are suited under the supervision of the Company’s skilled
employees, but if the local supply of labour should in the judgment of the Company
be inadequate or unsuitable the Company shall have the right with the approval of
the Shaikh which shall not be unreasonably withheld to import labour preference
being given to labourers from the neighbouring Arab countries who will obey the
local laws. The Company shall also have the right to import skilled and technical
employees. Any employee imported by the Company who shall by misconduct
cause a breach of peace or public disturbance shall at the request of the Shaikh be
dismissed and shall if it is within the power of the Company to do so be sent out of
Kuwait, The Company shall pay to the workmen it employs a fair wage, such
wage to he decided and stated by the Company at the time the workmen are
engaged.
(G) The Company shall provide free of charge medical service for its employees,
and the Shaikh and his famil} 7 shall have the right to such medical service and
necessary medical supplies free of charge.
V ^icle J. The Shaikh grants to the Company free of cost the unrestricted use
anci occupation of and surlace rights over all uncultivated land belonging to the
lai \ 1 w m the Company may 7 need for the purposes of its operations and in
pm icn ai t re Company shall have the right to select in consultation with the
it* " ^ aie .‘ l or areas of land chosen by the Company outside the present town
Zmlol Wlth ^elusive surface rights upon which to erect oil refineries,
Comnn-nv’c; 1 ^ m& + 811 s ^ 1 PP ] o§ lacilities and any other works required for the
buv or 10:Di ? ’ anc * ]e Comply tnay with the cognisance of the Shaikh
of and on PnndA- ^ p u irp0ses an y ]ands ’ ^uses or buildings with the consent
such purchase rv| 01 l S ° flanged with the proprietors thereof but the terms of
respective ^HBes. " ^ ^ be 111 “ of those ordinarily current in their
necLsary foiffitstnierntf^^’ 1 <u :; c f ldl 'o only such land, bouses and buildings as are
&;:r rt 1 i is , A f eemect -, ; rhe shai1 ^
occupy for its operations . . I f ? ! ’ houses and buildings which it requires to
the Company from ^he Shaikh bm V 10U f S ^ tjllildir) ^ s previously acquired by
sMl be returned b y tlTe ^ **
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The file concerns negotiations over the granting of oil concessions to companies with a significant British interest by a number of 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. : Dubai, Sharjah, Ras-al-Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, and Ajman. The negotiations were initially with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (APOC) (later known as the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC)) and the D'Arcy Exploration Company Limited, but D'Arcy's rights were subsequently taken over by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (a subsidiary company of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), but in which the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company were a partner).
The papers cover: oil explorations in the region; the role of Frank Holmes in the negotiations; claims on the area by the Iraq Petroleum Company; the desire of the British Government to encourage exploitation of Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. oil by a group with a majority British element, as the Iraq Petroleum Company was strongly non-British controlled; official British satisfaction that a company with substantial British interests (PCL) had been able to counter the threat of American penetration in the area (folios 257-258); draft concession agreements; correspondence between PCL and local rulers about the transfer of D'Arcy's rights to PCL (folios 85-86); correspondence between 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 local rulers making them responsible for the safety of surveying parties in their territories (folios 69-78); correspondence between 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 local rulers informing them that approval had been granted to PCL by the British Government to enter into negotiations over concessions in their territories (folios 36-47); and the insistence of the Shaikh of Dubai [Sa‘īd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm] that Haji Williamson [William Richard Williamson] should accompany any survey party sent into his territory (folios 10 and 14).
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 volume (451 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 447; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and two ending flyleaves.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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