'File 10/31 BAPCO reservations in Manama'

Content

The file contains correspondence between 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. at Bushire, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives on reservations for sand deposits near Askar.

There are some maps within the file:

• 'RESERVATION SOUTH OF ASKAR FOR SAND DEPOSITS' (f. 5B);
• 'RESERVATION NORTH OF ASKAR FOR SAND DEPOSITS' (f. 5C);
• 'A RESERVATION FOR NATIVE MUD DEPOSITS' (f. 16A);
• 'A RESERVATION FOR SAND DEPOSITS NORTH OF JASAIRA' (f. 18B).

There is an index at the end of the file (folios 25-26).

Extent and format

1 file (30 folios)

Arrangement

The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 25-26). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

Physical characteristics

The foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner. The numbering begins on the cover, on number 1; then 2-4; 5A, 5B and 5C; 6-15; 16A and 16B; 17; 18A, 18B and 18C; and carries on until 27, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/455

Former external reference(s)

Confidential files: 10/31

History of this record

Date(s)

7 Apr 1948-5 Feb 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Petroleum industry

People & organisations

Adviser to the Government of BahrainBahrain Petroleum CompanyBahrain Political Agency, Confidential OfficeSecretary of State for India and Burma, United KingdomSecretary of State for India, United KingdomKing of BahrainBahrain Political AgencyPolitical Agent, BahrainKing of Saudi Arabia Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd

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