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Coll 30/151 'Oil: Sharjah Political Agreement, and Commercial Concession.' [43v] (87/498)
The record is made up of 1 file (247 folios). It was created in 25 May 1937-7 May 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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14
No. 3
C!opy of letter from H. Weightman, Esq.,
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, dated the
2'6rd December i937, No. 0/929-10/L2, to Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Rider of Sharjah.
After compliments,
His Majesty’s Government have been furnished with a copy of the Agreement 0*
signed by you on the 17th September 1937 [No. 1] corresponding to the 11th day
of Rajah 1356 granting to Petroleum Concessions, Limited, an oil concession in
respect of your territory on the understanding that the Agreement is subject to the
approval of His Majesty’s Government.
2. Under instructions from His Majesty’s Government I now enclose a cop} r of
an Agreement which has been concluded between His Majesty’s Government and
Petroleum Concessions, Limited, in London on 12th November 1937 [No. 2].
3. I am to inform you that the understanding described below has been
reached with the Company :—
(a) Should any of the terms of the Agreement between you and the Company
be inconsistent or in conflict with the terms of the Agreement between the
Company and His Majesty’s Government signed in London on 12th November
the Agreement between you and the Company will to the extent of any such
inconsistency or conflict be subordinate to and be controlled by the terms
of the Agreement between the Company and His Majesty’s Government.
(b) If the Company should fail to observe any of the terms of the Agreement
between the Company and His Majesty’s Government signed in London on
12th November 1937, or if the alleged failure having been disputed by the
Company the matter has been referred to arbitration under Article 24 of
the Company’s Agreement with you (which is made applicable to the case
by Article 11 of the Agreement between the Company and His Majesty’s
Government) and the Company should not remedy such failure within the
reasonable time which should be fixed by the arbitrators for so doing then
in these cases, as in the cases mentioned in Article 19 of the Company’s
Agreement with you, but in no other, the Company agrees that you will be
entitled to terminate the Agreement between the Company and yourself, and
that all properties of the Company within your territory shall become your
property, and that they will hand over to you free of cost land granted to the
Company by you and any lands or buildings which the Company may have
bought and any houses or buildings constructed by the Company and all other
irremovable property of the Company within your territory, including the
producing wells and borings which shall be handed over in reasonably good
order and repair.
4. Please let me have a reply to this letter to the effect that you understand the
nature of the arrangements set out above and that you are prepared to agree to
them. On receipt of your reply His Majesty’s Government will obtain from the
Company formal confirmation of their acceptance of the arrangements and will
communicate such confirmation to you.
Usual ending,
(Sd.) H. WEIGHTMAN,
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.
No. 4
Translation of letter No. 2, dated the 23rd Muharram 1357 (26th March 1.938),
from Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, to II. Weightman, Esq., I.C.S.,
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.
After compliments,
In reply to your letter dated the 20th Shauwal 1356 [No. 3], equivalent to
the 23rd December 1937, I beg to inform you that I have taken notice of the
conditions set out in your letter and that I agree to them.
I undertake, moreover, that I will be guided by the advice of His Majesty’s
Government in regard to my termination of the concession which is referred to in
paragraph 3 (b) of your letter.
Usual ending.
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The file concerns negotiations over the Political Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary, Petroleum Concessions ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, relating to the Sharjah Oil Concession, and the related Commercial Agreement between the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan Bin Sagar [Sultan bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ], and Petroleum Concessions Limited.
The papers include: draft agreements; 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. minutes; correspondence from 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 Foreign Office; correspondence and telegrams from the oil companies concerned, and their representatives (including Major Frank Holmes); bound copy of the Commercial Agreement, dated 17 September 1937 (folios 100-118); signed copy of the Political Agreement, dated 12 November 1937 (folios 86-87); exchange of notes 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. , Bahrain and the Ruler of Sharjah, 1938; 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. confidential print entitled 'Sharjah Oil Concession and Connected Documents' (folios 36-45); and agreement between the Ruler and the Company concerning a six-year extension to the commencement of drilling (to 1952), 1946.
The Arabic content of the file consists of a copy of the commercial agreement in both English and Arabic (folios 100-118) and a letter in Arabic with English translation from 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 (folio 48).
There are no papers in the file dated 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (247 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 248; 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/12/3886
- Title
- Coll 30/151 'Oil: Sharjah Political Agreement, and Commercial Concession.'
- Pages
- 5r, 9r, 43v, 44r, 58r, 60r, 70r, 74r
- Author
- Āl Qasimī, Shaikh Sultān II bin Saqr
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- Public Domain