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BT 245/799

International Air Agreements: Qatar negotiations, 1952-1960

This file contains correspondence relating to negotiations for a civil aviation agreement between the United Kingdom and Qatar. It includes air naviation, traffic and other regulations as well as Arabic documents, reports, meeting summaries and memoranda.

BT 245/798

International Air Agreements: Qatar negotiations, 1949-1952

This file contains correspondence relating to negotiations for a civil aviation agreement between the United Kingdom and Qatar. It includes summaries of meetings and a translation of a draft agreement with annexes as well as a copy of the text of a treaty between the UK and Qatar from 1916.
AIR 2/16883

Muharraq Airfield, Bahrain: joint user policy between MTCA and RAF, 1954-1957

This file contains correspondence relating to the Joint User Policy between the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MTCA) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the Muharraq Aerodrome in Bahrain. It includes contract agreements, instructions for proper management of the facility, outlines of the roles and responsibilities of each party and details of the equipment at the airfield.

FO 1016/188

Qatar seabed oil concessions, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to:The intention of International Marine Oil Company Limited to terminate its oil concession agreement with the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al ThaniA Memorandum of Agreement between the Ruler of Qatar and Shell, dated 19 May 1952, and subsequent agreement, dated 29 November, concluded after negotiations involving Abdulla Darwish.
FO 1016/181

Qatar seabed oil concession, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to:The negotiations for an oil concession agreement between the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani and Shell, including the involvement of Abdulla Darwish signed on 29 November 1952Negotiations for a political agreement between Shell and HMGThe seabed boundary delimitation between Qatar and BahrainThe presentation of water carrying vehicles to the Ruler of Qatar by ShellThe plans of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company Limited (a subsidiary of Shell) to develop the Qatar offshore concession.
FO 93/137

PERSIAN GULF STATES, 1820 - 1971

This file contains the following treaties and agreements related to the Gulf: Treaty of Darin between the UK and Ibn Saud, signed on 26 December 1915 (1) Treaty between the UK and the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Abdulla Bin Jasim Al Thani, signed on 3 November 1916 (2) Letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Percy Cox to the Ruler of Qatar concerning the treaty of 3 November 1916 and the text of an announcement by the Ruler of Qatar prohibiting the illegal arms trade inside his territory (3) Treaty between the UK and the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah Al Saba
FO 1016/524

Qatar Petroleum Company Ltd: relations with ruler of Qatar, 1956

This file concerns relations between the Ruler of Qatar and the Qatar Petroleum Company Limited (QPC). It primarily concerns the oil agreement of 25 September 1955 between QPC and the Ruler Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani and the impact on the Political Agreement of 5 June 1935 between the HMG and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. And it contains correspondence and minutes of conversations between the Ruler, the General Manager of QPC P R A Ensor, Abdulla Darwish Fakhroo, D C Carden, B A B Burrows and Selwyn Lloyd.
FO 1016/436

Jurisdiction over Iranian nationals in Qatar, 1955

This file relates to the issue of jurisdiction in Qatar. It contains correspondence concerning: Shell's query regarding jurisdiction over personnel on its oil rig off the coast of Qatar; and HMG’s legal advice that the Court of Qatar has criminal jurisdiction over offences under the Indian Penal Code derived from the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, but that this doesn’t cover enforcement of the Alcoholic Drinks Regulation or the Dangerous Drugs Regulation.
FO 1016/435

Qatar Petroleum Company: copies of agreements between Company and Ruler of Qatar, 1955

This file contains signed copies of the agreement between the Qatar Petroleum Company and the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani on 17 August 1955.
FO 1016/314

Dispute between Rulers of Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah area, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to:A letter from B A B Burrows to the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani about the latter's dispute with the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa over Zubarah and the views of HMG on the subject, discussed during Burrows' visit to Doha; a 5-point letter from Burrows to Sheikh Salman outlining a plan for reaching a settlement; and a telegram from Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden endorsing the plan for settlementA conversation between the Political Agent J W Wall and Sheikh Salman and the latter's opposition to the presence of Q
FO 1016/434

Qatar Petroleum Company, 1955

This file relates to the activities of the Qatar Petroleum Company Limited (QPC) in Qatar.
FO 1016/433

Qatar Petroleum Company, 1955

This file relates to the activities of the Qatar Petroleum Company Limited (QPC) in Qatar.