'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession'

Title:

'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession'

Date:

1934/1935

Description:

Abstract: The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and memoranda exchanged between the Political Agent and the Political Resident and with the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.The volume includes:correspondence between APOC and the India Office on the Qatar Oil Concession, mentioning the opportunity to build a refinery in Qatar;information about Bahrain [Buraini)] and its surroundings, with list of tribes which paid Zakah to Ibn Saud in 1922 and the Amir of Hasa in 1926, which includes number of men, camels and sheep for each tribe (ff. 45-56);'Historical Memorandum of the relations of the Wahabi Amirs and Ibn Saud with Eastern Arabia and the British Government, 1800-1934', published by the India Office on 26 September 1934, containing a printed map 'APPENDIX C. MAP SHOWING THE EXTENT OF WAHABI AND OF MUSCAT POWER, 1865' (ff. 61-91A);draft of Qatar Oil Agreement attached to 14 January 1935 letter from A.P.O.C. to India Office.There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-228).Physical description: The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, then 90, 91A, 91B, 92; and then carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting on folio 27 (numbered 17); and ending on folio 214 (numbered 201).

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Petroleum industry

Geographic region:

Al-Hasa

Rights:

رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00022e_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00022e_en
IOR/R/15/2/415
IOR/R/15/2/415

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