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Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.' [62r] (123/365)
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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3, The terms of the proposed Commercial Concession
hetween the Company (who, it is understood, will deal
through a subsidiary Company named 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 in regard to concessions on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) and the Sheikh of Debai have been scrutinised
in consultation with the departments concerned, and
agreement has been reached with the Company on the form in
which this Concession can be approved by His Majesty’s
Governiment» If the Concession is obtained substantially
in this form, it is proposed that notes should be exchanged
between 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
Sheikh on the lines of the enclosed drafts, which have been
drawn up on the basis of the notes exchanged with the Anglc-
Iranian Oil Company in respect of the Qatar Oil Concession,
and in consultation with the interested departments. At
the appropriate stage complementary notes would be
exchanged with the Company whereby the latter would accept
the arrangements detailed in the first draft note to the
Sheikh.
4. I am to enquire whether the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs concurs in the action proposed in
paragraph 3 above, and in the signature of the Debai
Political Agreement and of the Refinery Agreement by one of
the Urd er-Secretaries of State at 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.
, on
behalf of His Majesty’s Government, in accordance with
the procedure previously adopted in similar cases.
5. A similar letter is being sent to the Admiralty
m i»ves JOactM eiN/r
and Briard and a copy to the Air Ministry*
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
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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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- 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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