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IOR/R/15/2/945
- Record Id:
- 040-000229260
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001a8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025656142.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/945
- Title:
- FILE NO. 38/3 OF 1951. Petroleum Concession Limited Sharjah Concession.
- Scope & Content:
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The file comprises correspondence relating to the question of defining the boundaries of Sharjah and the other Trucial Coast states so that Petroleum Concessions Limited (Basil Henry Le Riolet Lermitte) could continue with their oil concession exploitation.
Included in the file is the following: a copy of an amendment to the Sharjah Oil Concession agreement extending the allowed period before drilling had to commence from fifteen to twenty years; and correspondence with the Shaikh of Sharjah (Saqr bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī) regarding his definition of his territory's boundaries, and including past agreements and documents in support of this.
Later correspondence relates to Petroleum Concessions Limited’s application to the Foreign Office to negotiate for sea-bed concessions with the Shaikhs of Sharjah and Ra’s al Khaimah, and their existing negotiations for the same concession with the Shaikh of Umm al Qaywayn.
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folio 2.
- 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
037-000229252
038-002919718
040-000229260 - 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/15/2/938-945 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/945 (Sub-sub-series) : Petroleum Concessions Limited
IOR/R/15/2/945 : FILE NO. 38/3 OF 1951. Petroleum Concession Limited Sharjah Concession. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0006]/037-000229252[0011]/038-002919718[0001]/040-000229260
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (46 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001a8
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1951
- End Date:
- 1951
- Date Range:
- 5 Jan 1951-30 Dec 1951
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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The main sequence (used for foliating) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 46; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-45; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)