"ملف 82/27 (VI (F 87 نفط قطر" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٢] (٤٥٤/٢١٨)

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SHAIKH O F QATR 1 S DRAFT, li MARCH ...19 . 1
TR ANSLATION BY KHAN BAHiPUR
MOHAMMED. - -
DRAFT OF &ATR COMCESSIOM
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This agreement was made on the day
of 195 , corresponding to the
155 between His Excellency Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al-Thani,
Ruler of Qatr, (who is hereinafter called "the Shaikh", and this
expression, whenever the contract requires shall include his
successors and assigns), on the one part, and Charles Clark Mylles,
on behalf of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. Ltd. (which will hereinafter
be called as the "Company"; and this expression shall, whenever it
is required by the contract, include its assigns), on the other
part.
Agreement is hereby concluded between the Shaikh and the
Company as follows :~
Artlcle First. The Shaikh grants to the Company, in virtue of
this agreement, and under the following conditions, the sole right,
throughout the principality of Qatr, to explore, to prospect, to
f 01> to extract and to ship and to export and the right to
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refine and sell oil and natural gases, ozokerite, asphalt and every
thing which is extracted therefrom, which shall hereinafter be
called "the substances". If the Company discovers, in the course of
its investigation and general activities, any minerals other than
the substances mentioned in the first article, e.g. gold or iron
oxide or any other minerals, it shall not be justified to appropriate j
the same, but must inform the Shaikh of their discovery; and the
Shaikh shall have full right to, and absolute control over, those
minerals which have been extracted; and he shall be free in granting
concessions for the extracting of those minerals to any Company or
Companies or to dispose of those minerals in any manner he considers
to be consistent to his interests.
Article Secnmi . Subject to the conditions of Article 7, below, the
Company can operate in any part of the principality of Qatr as is