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IOR/L/PS/12/3839
- Record Id:
- 040-000558913
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558776
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000197
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100066063801.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3839
- Title:
- Coll 30/110(5) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concessions: Umm-Al-Quwain Concession.'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the signing of an oil concession agreement between Shaikh Ahmad Bin Rashid [Aḥmad bin Rāshid Āl Mu‘allā], Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain (also referred to as Umm-Al-Quwain) and Petroleum Concessions Limited.
The papers include copies of the agreement (signed on 20 March 1945); copies (and draft) of the political agreement (signed on 29 January 1946) between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, relating to the Umm-al-Qaiwain oil concession; correspondence between the India Office, other British Government officials, Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited concerning the agreements; and the Ruler's agreement not to enter into negotiations with a bank for permission to open a branch or agency in his country unless he had first obtained the approval of the British Government.
The copy of the oil concession agreement between the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain and Petroleum Concessions Limited on folios 66-83 is in both English and Arabic.
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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558776
040-000558913 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 : Political (External) Collection 30: Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3839 : Coll 30/110(5) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concessions: Umm-Al-Quwain Concession.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0031]/037-000558776[0137]/040-000558913
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (96 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000197
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 8 Jan 1945-17 Apr 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 97; 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 2-97; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Coll 30/110/5
- 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)