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‘File 86/2 I (C 30) Bahrain Oil Concession (Eastern & General Syndicate)’ [71r] (158/661)
The record is made up of 1 volume (328 folios). It was created in 28 Aug 1925-8 Sep 1929. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Confidential « The Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
No I0I/2/2, Bahrain,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
December 4tii 1925.
Jb'rom The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,
Bahrain,
To The Hon'ble the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian U ulf #
Bushire,
Bahrain Oil Concession,
Sir i
I have the honour to report,with reference to your
telegram Ho 737, that on December 2nd Shaik Hamad Bin Isa
signed the concession ,the draft of which had "been approved
"by His Majesty's Governmrtet.
I requested that the document might be signed in my jixese
presence,& before it was signed compared it with the approved
draft which was in my possession.! found it to be identical 8c
that the necessary alteration which was recently suggested
by the Colonial Office & had been agreed to by the Eastern
General Syndicate had been made, I explained one or two points
to the Shaik which appeared to me to be somewhat obscure in the
Arabic version,which is however,on the whole a very good
translation of the English, Shaik Hajnad appeared to fully under
-stand all the terms & expressed himself satisfied, I have
asked for a signed copy of the agreement,which,if you approve,
I would suggest be filed among the confidential documents of
this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for ready reference should necessity ever arise,
I have the honour to be ,
Sir,
Your Obedient servant.
a
iiaj or« Poli
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- Content
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to negotiations for the extension of Eastern & General Syndicate Limited’s (hereafter E&GS) concession for oil exploration in Bahrain. Correspondents in the volume include the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain (chiefly Major Cyril Barrett, incumbent from September 1926 to April 1929), representatives of E&GS (including Major Frank Holmes and the Company Secretary, H. Adams), and various British Government officials in the Colonial Office.
Key subjects covered by the volume include:
- Fears on the part of British officials in 1925 to the prospects of the discovery of oil in Bahrain (folios 29-31), and resistance to the E&GS having signed a concession with the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah (folios 62-63);
- An application by E&GS in 1928 to extend their oil concession agreement (folios 110-11);
- Confusion over the terms of a new agreement, with particular reference to a new clause insisting that the E&GS would remain a British interest (folios 193-95, 206-10);
- Reports of American investment in E&GS (folios 196-98);
- Terms of the agreement between E&GS and the North American Gulf Oil Company (folios 217-50);
- Assignment of Gulf Oil’s option on the concession to the Standard Oil Company of California (folios 260-61);
- Negotiations between E&GS and the Colonial Office over the maintenance of British control over oil exploration funded by foreign investment in Bahrain (folios 277-86);
- Confirmation of the concession extension with the agreed terms over the extent of foreign (American) investment (folios 299-304).
The volume also contains copies of the numerous drafts of the oil concession, with its various modifications and amendments, including the original 1925 concession in English and Arabic (folios 79-97), and a draft copy of the 1928 agreement with additions inserted by a representative of the Government of Bahrain, presumably the Adviser to the Government, Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave (folios 156-75).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (328 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front to the latest at the end. The office notes at the end of the file (folios 309-17) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top-right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, and runs from 1 on the front cover, to 324 on the inside back cover. The following foliation anomalies occur: f.1 is followed by f.1a-f.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- ‘File 86/2 I (C 30) Bahrain Oil Concession (Eastern & General Syndicate)’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1fv, 2r:3v, 4v:26v, 27v:32v, 34v:36v, 37v:56v, 57v:59v, 60v:76v, 77v:100v, 101v:109v, 111v:112v, 114v, 132v:139v, 141v, 155v, 175v:183v, 184v:189v, 190v:205v, 210v:216v, 250v:259v, 261v:269v, 270v:276r, 277r:287r, 288r:304v, 305v:306r, 307r:323v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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