![Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.' [‎48r] (99/114)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001b7/IOR_L_PS_12_3871_0099.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.' [‎48r] (99/114)")
Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.' [48r] (99/114)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 6 May 1936-22 Sep 1939. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
5
. awai f l °f arbitration shall be consistent with the legal principles familiar to
civilised nations.
Ihe decision of the majority of arbitrators shall be final, and the place of
arbitration shall be Qatr.
^ On gi\ing any award, the arbitrators shall fix a sufficient time within which
the pai ty against whom the award is given, should carry oat the said award. And
that part} shall be considered at fault only when he fails to comply with the award
belore the cxpny of the aforesaid period and not otherwise.
Article Seventeenth. The labourers employed by the Company must be from
amongst the Shaikh s own subjects or from amongst those approved by the Shaikh,
excepting technical employees and the managers and clerks whom the Company may
require and whom it cannot find in the country. the Shaikh prescribes as a
condition the dismissal oi any employee whose retention is disapproved by the
Shaikh, if the Shaikh has observed any irregular conduct on his part. And it
naturally follows that the wages which the Company pays to the employees from
amongst Qatr people shall be reasonable.
Article Eighteenth. —The Shaikh and the Company declare that they base action
upon this Agreement on the basis of good faith and pure belief and upon the
interpretation of this Agreement in a manner consistent with reason. And the
Company undertakes to acknowledge the Shaikh’s authority and his rights in his
capacity as the Ruler of the State of Qatr principality T and to respect them in every
manner.
Article Nineteenth. —Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the
Shaikh in any manner whatever from granting concessions to other parties for
anything excepting the Substances mentioned in the First Article provided that the
said concessions do not interfere with the rights of the Company or its operations in
accordance with this Agreement.
Article Twentieth. —The Company will pay all the sums due to the Shaikh, in
accordance with this Agreement, into the Shaikh’s account in the Eastern Bank
Limited in Bahrein and the receipt taken from that Bank shall be a full acquittance
of the Company’s liability for the sum mentioned in the Bank’s receipt. The
Shaikh may, from time to time appoint another Bank or other Banks for the
purposes of this Article, and this shall be done in writing.
Article Twenty-First. —This Agreement shall be binding upon both parties and
their successors and assigns ; and it has been written in Arabic and English and all
due care has been taken to make the two texts identical in meaning. And if any
difference should arise as to the meaning or the interpretation of any article, at
any time, the Arabic version is to be relied upon.
Article Twenty-Second. —The expression year, month and day used in this
Agreement shall mean what is consistent with the English Solar Calendar and not
any other.
IN ’WITNESS whereof the two parties have hereunto set their hands and seals
on the day and in the year mentioned in the preamble.
(Signed) Abdullah Bin Qasim Al Thani, Witness.
Ruler of Qatar. Salih bin Sulaiman
al Man i.
For the Anglo-Fersian Oil Company, Ltd.,
C. C. Mylles, H. H. Hilmi.
/ Representative.
About this item
- Content
The file concerns the appointment by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in 1936 of Ernest Vincent Packer as Manager of the Company's central office in Bahrain, and includes correspondence from the Company, a copy of Packer's application form (dated 1931), and correspondence from British officials in the region approving Packer's appointment.
The file also concerns Packer's appointment as Local Representative of PCL's subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, and related staff appointments by PCL.
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 (53 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; 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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.' [48r] (99/114), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3871, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100055965199.0x000064> [accessed 18 July 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100055965199.0x000064
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100055965199.0x000064">Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.' [‎48r] (99/114)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100055965199.0x000064"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001b7/IOR_L_PS_12_3871_0099.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001b7/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3871
- Title
- Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.'
- Pages
- 46r:48v
- Author
- Unknown
- Usage terms
- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact [email protected] with any information you have regarding this item.