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'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [151r] (314/476)
The record is made up of 1 volume (238 folios). It was created in 31 Jul 1933-4 Oct 1933. 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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his own word) which I had inttoiated to him was not a
suddsn on©, nor woulci i"t coni6 ftlljOgstliGi* ss ^ surpirlss
to the Company. He felt that H.M.G. had for some
time been working up to the position which it
represented. The situation was not altogether an
easy one. Ihe Company's Interests were purely
cownerclal; they were anxious to work with an absence
of friction, and it was arguable in addition that it
Ao-o Dad x or the Company uo hctve as tneir Chief Local
Representative in Bahrein a man with whom these
difiiculties had arisen and who was serving two other
oil Interests. This might he particularly the case
now that the Company were starting to develop their
concession. On the other hand, it might not he easy
to aispense with IvBjor Holmes, while his replacement
was a really serious difficulty and would require very
careful consideration. We would recognise too that the
Chiel Local Representative must be a person satisfactory
uo the Company as well as to H.M.G. I agreed.
5* Mr. Ballantyne said that he would suggest that
if this were possible H.M.G. should not now formulate
their charges against Major Holmes. If they did, he
thought it would be only equitable that Major Holmes
should be given a chance to reply and confront the Sheikh
with his (Major Holmes's) version of what had taken place,
The result of this would be not only an acrimonious
argument, which presumably H.M.G. did not want; but that
iajor Holmes would ultimately be in a position to
determine the time table. If it proved possible to take
any steps for the replacement of the Chief Local
Representative/
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The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and notes of meetings between 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, 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 Bushire, the Secretary of State for India, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the Bahrain Oil Concession. The volume also contains correspondence and notes of meetings on the aquisitition of oil rights over an additional area, including the territorial waters of the Bahrain Islands. There are also letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah, and confidential correspondence regarding the resignation of Major Holmes from Chief Local Representative of BAPCO, and the translation of a speech read in his honour by Ali bin Hussein (folios 201-203). Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 217-227).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (238 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 217-227). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in ink crayon or pencil, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, at the top of each folio. It begins on the first page of writing, on number 2, and runs through to 233, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/391
- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:v-v, 2r:14v, 16r:18v, 19v:26v, 27v:40v, 41v:50v, 51v:53v, 54v, 55v:96v, 100v:108v, 109v, 111v:114v, 116r:121v, 122v:127v, 128v:130v, 131v:171v, 172v, 175v, 177v, 179v:183v, 184v:192v, 193v:199v, 200v:210v, 211v:212v, 213v:232v, 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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- Open Government Licence