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Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.' [60r] (119/365)
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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CYPHER TELEGRAM PROM SECRETARY OP STATE FOR INDIA
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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.
, BU3HIRE; REPEATED TO
GOVERNMENT OP INDIA, FOREIGN etc POLITICAL DEPARTMENT;
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.
, BAHREIN, DATED 14th DECEMBER 1936.
(No.of words: 145,145 & 146)
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3568. Addressed
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, repeated to Government of India and Bahrein. Debai
Oil Concession. Draft Political Agreement and Draft
Exchange of Notes may now be shown and explained to Sheikh.
Please telegraph his acceptance of principles involved.
Political Agreement will then be completed here and date
telegraphed to you. You can then proceed to exchange of
notese provided Commercial Concession is concluded
substantially in form of present draft.
2. Sheikh should be told, when signing concession,
to state upon it or in separate document that signature is
subject to His Majesty’s Government’s approval. This is
merely matter of form.
3. Foreign office have suggested with reference to
paragraph 3(b) of first draft letter to Sheikh that it may be
desirable to secure from him a formal undertaking that hv
will be guided by the advice of His Majesty's Government in
regard to the exercise of his right of termination.
If you think this feasible please endeavour to arrange it
with Sheikh.
4. Please note that final drafts of documents are
those enclosed with
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.
letter dated 2nd December
to Foreign Office, etc., copy by air mail of 5th December.
They differ verbally from previous versions. Debai should
of course be substituted for Qatar in Article 9 of Political
Agreement.
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- Content
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3873
- Title
- Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 12v:19v, 22r:28v, 31r:33v, 34v, 56r:58v, 60r:62v, 81r:84v, 88r:94v, 98r:130v, 132r:141v, 145r:159v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence