'File 38/3 II P. C. L. Qatar Concession'

Title:

'File 38/3 II P. C. L. Qatar Concession'

Contributor:

Government of India (correspondent)
Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (correspondent)
Persian Gulf Political Residency (correspondent)
Foreign Office (correspondent)
Qatar Petroleum Company (correspondent)
Emir of Qatar (correspondent)

Date:

1947/1949

Description:

The volume contains correspondence relating to the work of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited, in Qatar. The correspondence is principally between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Residency in Bahrain [Persian Gulf Political Residency], representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited (at their offices in Bahrain and the United Kingdom) and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, the Staff Liaison Officer (RAF) in Bahrain, and the ruler of Qatar, Abdulla bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Qāsim Āl Thānī].The papers contained in the file cover the following matters: use of certain radio frequencies by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited;jurisdiction of the Shaikh of Qatar over non-Qatari and non-British subjects in his country;employment of foreign nationals, including Iranian drivers and mechanics, Palestinian welders and other technicians, and Hungarians and Romanians;employment of the Lebanese firm Contracting and Trading Company to recruit skilled labour;use of the telegraphic address PETROQAT QATAR by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited;the provision of meat for workers in the field;the extent of the Qatar concession, specifically if it covers its waters and islands;interference in the erection of navigational buoys by Su'aad bin Abdur Rehman Al-Thani, Shaikh of Wakrah;advance payment of concession royalties to Shaikh ‘Abdullāh of Qatar;the Shaikh of Bahrain's claims on Zubarah.Folios 155-66 are internal office notes.1 file (166 folios)The file is arranged chronologically.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-152; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English
Arabic

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Employment policy
Working conditions
Concessions, Oil, Qatar
Allocation of frequencies
Radio frequencies

Geographic region:

Qatar
Al Wakrah
Zubarah

Extent:

1 file (166 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Public Domain
Open Government Licence
Copyright or data protection restrictions

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000134_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000134_en
IOR/R/15/2/865

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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