Author
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) Limited
Publication Date
25 May 1937-7 May 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
247
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/12/3886
Record ID
vdc_100000000648.0x0001c6
Library Location
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.
Date
25 May 1937-7 May 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file concerns negotiations over the Political Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary, Petroleum Concessions (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) Limited, relating to the Sharjah Oil Concession, and the related Commercial Agreement between the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan Bin Sagar [Sultan bin Saqr Āl
Qāsimī
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
], and Petroleum Concessions Limited.
The papers include: draft agreements;
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.
minutes; correspondence from 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 Foreign Office; correspondence and telegrams from the oil companies concerned, and their representatives (including Major Frank Holmes); bound copy of the Commercial Agreement, dated 17 September 1937 (folios 100-118); signed copy of the Political Agreement, dated 12 November 1937 (folios 86-87); exchange of notes between the
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.
, Bahrain and the Ruler of Sharjah, 1938;
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 'Sharjah Oil Concession and Connected Documents' (folios 36-45); and agreement between the Ruler and the Company concerning a six-year extension to the commencement of drilling (to 1952), 1946.
The Arabic content of the file consists of a copy of the commercial agreement in both English and Arabic (folios 100-118) and a letter in Arabic with English translation from the
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.
, Bahrain (folio 48).
There are no papers in the file dated 1939-45.
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.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Coll 30/151
