'File 10/3 VIII Qatar Oil Concession'

The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for India and the Sheikh of Qatar about the Qatar Oil Concession and the protection offered to Qatar from His Majesty's Government, in exchange for the Oil Concession granted to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). The volume includes:. copies of the Concession and copies of correspondence with the Sheikh, in English and Arabic, and copies of the agreement between the British Government and APOC; draft clauses of pre-emption of oil in case of national emergency or war (ff. 38-39 and 74-75); correspondence from Air Headquarters to the Political Agent in Bahrain on the planning of an air reconnaissance of the neighbourhood in Doha; letters in English and Arabic from Political Agency informing the Shaikh of the reconnaissance and of the visit from the Political Agent, who gave him a Medal in commemoration of the King-Emperor's Silver Jubilee (f. 140); There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 215-221).

The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 215-221). 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.

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