Coll 30/151 'Oil: Sharjah Political Agreement, and Commercial Concession.' [‎77r] (154/498)

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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