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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B467
Title:: Sharjah Oil Concession and connected documents
Scope & Content:: This file opens with a letter from Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited to Sultan bin Saqr al Qassim [Shaikh Sultān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Sharjah, dated 12 February 1946, requesting an amendment to the previous oil concession agreement which was drawn up between the two parties ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Sep 1937-23 May 1938
Extent:: 1 file (11 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B468
Title:: The Date Gardens in Iraq of the Sheikhs of Koweit [Kuwait] and Mohammerah. Scope of undertakings given by HM Government in 1914. Case for the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown and Opinion thereon T W H Inskip and F B Merriman, Law Officers' Department, 29 Mar 1933. inc The date gardens in Iraq of the Sheikhs of Koweit and Mohammerah. Historical summary [undated]
Scope & Content:: This file contains a British Government report (folios 1-19) regarding promises made by the British in 1914 to the rulers of Kuwait and Mohammerah concerning their ownership of date gardens in Iraq. The report contains a description of the situation and the legal opinion of T W H Inskip and F ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Mar 1933
Extent:: 1 file (35 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B469
Title:: Agreement between [the] Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd.
Scope & Content:: The file concerns an agreement between Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan bin Za'id [Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan], Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Abu Dhabi oil concession of 11 January 1939. The agreement details the general terms and c...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Jan 1939
Extent:: 1 file (11 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B470
Title:: General agreement... [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited
Scope & Content:: The file is concerned with an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, which relates to the oil concession agreed between the company and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd, in respect of the di...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Sep 1938
Extent:: 1 file (2 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B470A
Title:: ['Pre-Emption'] Agreement... between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom... and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited
Scope & Content:: The file is concerned with a 'pre-emption' agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, which relates to the commercial agreement obtained by the petroleum company for drilling for oil in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the district of Dhofar...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Sep 1938
Extent:: 1 file (2 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B471
Title:: Agreement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar, Ruler of Shargah, and the British Government for the Establishment of an air station at Shargah
Scope & Content:: This printed memorandum is a copy of an agreement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar [Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī], ruler of Shargah [Sharjah] and the British Government, dated 22 July 1932, and signed by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson for the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Shaikh Sulṭān...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Jul 1932
Extent:: 1 file (1 folio)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B472
Title:: Heads of Agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and His Highness the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:: This printed memorandum contains the heads of agreement of the Kuwait Civil Air Agreement between the United Kingdom and Kuwait, signed by the ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Captain Gerald Simpson de Gaury, Political Agent at Kuwait dated 23 May 1938. The agreement contai...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 May 1938
Extent:: 1 file (1 folio)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B473
Title:: 'Dubai Commercial Air Agreement'
Scope & Content:: This printed memorandum is a copy of a commercial air agreement signed by Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum [Sa‘īd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], the ruler of Dubai, and Hugh Weightman, Political Agent at Bahrain, on 6 June 1938. The agreement contains fourteen numbered clauses, some with lettered sub-clauses. The...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Jun 1938
Extent:: 1 file (1 folio)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B474
Title:: Agreement relating to the Abu Dhabi Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited
Scope & Content:: The file concerns an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Abu Dhabi oil concession agreement which was arranged between Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and the Shaik of Abu Dhabi. Th...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Apr 1940
Extent:: 1 file (2 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/B475
Title:: Agreement relating to the Kalba Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited
Scope & Content:: The file concerns an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Kalba oil concession agreed between Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and the Regent of Kalba, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Qasi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Apr 1940
Extent:: 1 file (2 folios)

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