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'F-86 File 82/27 - V QATAR OIL' [‎59r] (126/466)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (228 folios). It was created in 19 Jun 1934-21 Jan 1935. 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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TT!.'.NSL TIM.
o. 19/1 A.
5,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Talf,
8 th Rabi* al Awal, 1353,
( 20th June, 1934)
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Your tlxcellenoy, ,‘1
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After Compliments f *
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt
of Your lixcellency’s note No. 90 ( 1776/412/108 ) of the
3rd Rabl’al Awwal 1353 ( 15th J u ne ) regirding the view of
-8 I r3esty*s Government in the United Kingc on\ on the
contents of my previous note to Your Excellency about tne |
true position of the frontier line between certain of His 1
Majesty’s dominions and certain neighbouring Arab territoriei f
in e stern and southern Arabia*
The Government of is Majesty have studied what is
contained in your note under reference and their attention
has been especially drav/n to your mention of your Govern
ment’s point of view in regard to the legal aspect of the
case. As regards this point,I regret that I am obliged to
state that the Government of His Majesty aohere o he
principle which you referred to in your note, namely that
any frontier agreement must be fully agreed upon between thej
and the Governments concerned, and cannot admit that ^.ny
frontier line can be laid down by one party. They thereior
affirm their insistence upon their position, which I have
already explained to Your Excellency in ay note of the 29th
Muharram 1353 ( May 13th) No.101/5, namely that they do not
regard the line you referred to as correctly describing the
true frontier line, from the points of view of fact and
/ law,
E. the Ecvoy Extraordinary and
nister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain.

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The volume contains correspondence between 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. at Bahrain 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. at Bushire, the Government of India, 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. in London and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives in regard to the air reconnaissance of Qatar and the negotiations with ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Sheikh of Qatar, for the oil concession, including arrangements for APOC's Mr Mylles visiting Doha and on the visit of the Sheikh of Qatar to Bahrain, from 14 to 19 October 1934. The volume contains draft agreements and:

  • 'Memorandum respecting the Boundaries in Arabia: Anglo-Turkish Arrangements' (ff. 22-23), with map (f. 24) showing the Anglo-Turkish Conventions lines in the Arabic peninsula;
  • Hand-drawn map showing the itinerary of the Qatar air reconnaissance carried out on 29 June 1934 (folio 34).
  • 'Sketch map of Qatar Peninsula' (folio 218).

There are some letters in Arabic, mainly to and from the local rulers.

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1 volume (228 folios)
Arrangement

The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 213-219). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.

There is also an brief index at the beginning (f. 1A) indicating the main topics covered in the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 230; these numbers are written in pencil 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 35-229; 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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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