"ملف ‏10/3 II الامتياز النفطي في قطر" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٣] (٥٢٠/٤٢٠)

Text of Treaty, dated November 3, 1916, and ratified on March 23, 1918, between
His Majesty's G-overnment and Sheikh Abdnllah-bin-Jasim-bin-Thani of al -Katar.
Whereas my grandfather, the late Sheikh Mohammed-bin-ThaTii, signed an
agreement on the l-?th September, 1868, engaging not to commit any breach of
the maritime peace, and whereas these obligations to the British Government have
devolved on me his successor in Qatar;
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I, Sheikh Abdullah-bin-Jasim-bin-Thani, undertake that I will, as do the friendly
Arab Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi, Dibai, Shargah, Ajman, Ras-ul-Khaima, and Umm-al-
Qawain, co-operate with the High British Government in the suppression of the slave
trade and piracy, and generally in the maintenance of the maritime peace.
To this end, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, Political Resident in the Persian
Gulf, has favoured me with the treaties and engagements entered into between the
Sheikhs above mentioned and the High British Government, and 1 hereby declare
that I will abide by the spirit and obligations of the aforesaid Treaties and
engagements.
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On the other hand, the British Government undertakes that 1 and my subjects
and my and their vassals shall receive all the immunities, privileges, and advantages
that are conferred on the friendly Sheikhs, their subjects and their vassals. In token
whereof, Sir Percy Cox has affixed his signature with the date thereof to each and
every one of the aforesaid treaties and engagements in the copy granted to me, and 1
have also affixed my signature and seal with the date thereof to each and every one
of the aforesaid treaties and engagements, in two other printed copies of the same
treaties and engagements, that it may not be hidden.
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And in particular, I, Sheikh Abdullah, have further published a proclamation,
forbidding the import and sale of arms into my territories and port of Qatar; and m
consideration of the undertaking into which 1 now enter, the British Go^vernment on
its part agrees to grant me facilities to purchase and import, ^rom the Mask at Arm>
Warehouse, or such other place as the P)ritish government may a}>pro\e, lor nn
personal use, and for the arming of my dependents, such arms and ammunition as
may reasonably need and apply for in such fashion as may be arranged hereafter
through the Political Agent, Bahrein. I undertake absolutely that arms and
ammunition thus supplied to me shall under no circumstances be re-exported from
my territories or sold to the public, but shall be reserved solely for supplying the
needs of my tribesmen and dependents, whom 1 have to arm for the maintenance ot
order in my territories and the protection of my frontiers. In my opinion, the amount
of my early requirements will be up to five hundred weapons.
IV.
I, Shaikh Abdullah, further undertake that I will not have relations nor correspond
with, nor receive the agent of, any other Power without the consent of t ie High
British Government; neither will I, without such consent, cede to any other . ower
or its subjects, land, either on lease, sale, transfer, gift, onn any other way whatsoever.
V.
I also declare that, without the consent of the High British Government 1 will not
grant pearl-fishery concessions, or any other monopolies, concessions, or cabie landing
rights to an vone whomsoever.
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The customs dues on the croods of British merchants imported to Qatar shall not
exceed those levied from my own subjects on their goods and shall m no case exceed
5 per cent, ad valorem. British goods shall be liable to the payment of no other dues
or taxes of any other kind whatsoever, beyond that already specmed.
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