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IOR/R/15/2/418
- Record Id:
- 040-000228692
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000231
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024060543.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/418
- Title:
- File 10/3 XI Qatar Oil Concession
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains copies of documents and correspondence in English and Arabic exchanged between the Sheikh of Qatar, Petroleum Concessions Limited, the Political Resident in Bushire, and the Political Agent in Bahrain, on the Qatar Oil Concession. There is also correspondence on the employment of personnel by Petroleum Concessions Limited for the camp at Jebel Dukhan, and updates on the drilling operations. The volume includes a letter from the Political Agent to the Shaikh, in English and Arabic, to congratulate him on the discovery of oil in Qatar dated 14 January 1940 (folio 243).
The volume also contains maps and sketches:
- 'Rough Tracing Showing Approach to P.D. (Q.) Jetty at Dohat Ez Zekrit (Qatar)' - in context of Qatar oil concession' (2 copies, on ff. 129, 130);
- sketch map representing the P.C.L. Embarkation Point at Sitra (f. 224);
- sketch of 'navigation markers' and map of the 'Launch Route' from Sitra to Zekrit [Zekreet, Qatar], indicating where the markers were (ff. 258 and 259).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 260-286).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228661
040-000228692 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/388-460 : File 10 Oil and Minerals
IOR/R/15/2/418 : File 10/3 XI Qatar Oil Concession - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/2/418, f 129 : Rough Tracing Showing Approach to P.D. (Q.) Jetty at Dohat ez Zekrit. (QATAR)
IOR/R/15/2/418, f 130 : Rough Tracing Showing Approach to P.D. (Q.) Jetty at Dohat ez Zekrit. (QATAR)
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/2/418 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0031]/040-000228692
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (291 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000231
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1940
- Date Range:
- 27 Feb 1936-1 Apr 1940
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The main foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on starts on the first page of writing; then 9, 10A, 10B; then carries on until 290, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting with folio 1 (numbered 1a) and ending on 259 (numbered 249).
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/3 IX
- Arrangement:
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The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 260-286. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Administrative Context:
- The concession agreement signed with Anglo-Persion Oil Company in 1935 was transferred in 1937 to Petroleum Development of Qatar Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Qatar.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)