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Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.' [35r] (69/365)
The record is made up of 1 file (181 folios). It was created in 24 Aug 1936-2 Dec 1937. 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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THIS AGREEMENT dated the fifth day
of February One thousand
Stamp 10s/-.
1.
2 .
3.
4.
5.
nine hundred and thirty seven is made BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY'S
GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (hereinafter called "His Majesty's
Government") of the one part and PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED (herein
after called "the Company" which expression shall v/here the context so
admits be deemed to include its successors and/or assignees and shall also
be deemed to include any subsidiary Company) of the other part.
WHEREAS Petroleum Development (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) Ltd. is a
Subsidiary Company of Petroleum Concessions Limited.
AND WHEREAS in the event of the Company obtaining a concession
from the Sheikh of Debai (hereinafter called "the Sheikh") certain
responsibilities will devolve on His Majesty's Government, the Company
has agreed with His Majesty’s Government as follows
Petroleum Concessions Limited and any subsidiary company shall be
and remain a British company registered in Great Britain and having its
principal place of business in Great Britain, and its Chairman shall at
all times be a British subject.
THE Agreement between the Company and the Sheikh shall not be
transferred to any other companv without the prior consent in writing of
His Majesty's Government, and any other company to which that agreement
may be transferred shall be and remain a British company registered in
Great Britain and having its principal place of business in Great Britain,
and its Chairman shall at all times be a British subject.
THE employees of the Company in Debai shall at all times be British
subjects or subjects of the Sheikh, provided that, with the consent of
His Majesty's Government, such persons of other nationality as are
renuired for the efficient carrying on of the undertaking may be employed.
NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Agreement between the
Company and the Sheikh, the importation of foreign native labour shall be
subject to the approval of 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.
.
THE Company in all except unimportant or routine matters shall deal
with the Debai Authorities through a Chief Local Representative in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, who shall be a British subject. The approval of His
Majesty’s Government shall be recuired for the person so designated. He
will be ordinarily resident in Debai or Bahrein and will be responsible
for the Company's local relations with the Debai authorities, which shall,
except in routine or unimportant matters, be conducted through the
political representative of His Majesty's Government in Bahrein or
through any other person whom 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.
may from time to time designate.
SUBJECT to the terms of the Agreement between the Company and the
Sheikh the Company undertakes at all times to pay due deference to the
wishes of the Sheikh and to the advice of 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 of the Political Officers subordinate to him.
ANY right given to the Companv under its agreement with the Sheikh
to utilise means of transportation by air shall be subject to any general
regulations for civil aircraft made by the Sheikh on the advice of His
Majesty's Government, and to any instructions which may be issued by 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.
.
NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Agreement between the
Company and the Sheikh the Company shall not have the right to use or
occupy, and shall not include in the areas to be acouired or utilised for
the purposes of its operations, any sites which may have been selected
by or on behalf of the Sheikh or His Majesty’s Government for defence
purposes, for aerodromes, aeroplane or seaplane bases or for wireless and
Stamp 10s/-.
1.
2 .
3.
4.
5.
P.Z.351/37
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The file concerns the drafting of the Dubai Oil Concession commercial agreement between the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Said bin Maktum Al-Hasher [Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm]) and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The agreement was signed on 22 May 1937 (folios 38-55). The Ruler of Dubai also agreed to the following conditions set by the British Government:
- The commercial agreement was to be subordinate to the political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, signed on 5 February 1937
- If the Company failed to observe any of the terms of the political agreement, the Ruler had the right to terminate the commercial agreement, and take over all the company's properties within his territory.
The papers include draft and signed copies of the agreement; correspondence between 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. and representatives of the Company over the wording of the agreement; comments from other British Government departments (e.g. the Foreign Office and the Air Ministry); and 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 'Dubai Oil Concession and Connected Documents' (Memo. B 458).
The Arabic language content of the file consists of draft and signed copies of the agreement in both English and Arabic.
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 (181 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 182; 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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- Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
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- 6r:7r, 35r:36v
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