File 2794/1921 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Bahrain.' [‎51r] (112/1024)

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the assigning of a concession to prospect for and exploit oil in Bahrain. Topics discussed include:

• The terms under which Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative, was allowed to reside in Bahrain and whether he had broken the terms of his agreement
• The clauses and articles of the agreement between Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, as advised by the British Government, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.

The principal correspondents in the volume are: 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; 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 Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office; solicitor for the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (Hamilton R Ballantyne); the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah); the Financial Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (507 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 2794 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Oil) consists of seventeen volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/989-1005. The volumes are divided into eighteen parts as follows: parts 1 and 2 comprise one volume; part 3 comprises the second volume; part 3A comprises the third volume; part 3B comprises the fourth volume; part 4 comprises the fifth volume; parts 5 and 5A comprise the sixth volume; part 6 comprises the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth volumes; parts 7, 8 and 9 comprise the eleventh volume; part 10 comprises the twelfth volume; part 12 comprises the thirteenth volume; part 14 comprises the fourteenth volume, part 15 comprises the fifteenth volume; part 16 comprises the sixteenth volume; part 17 comprises the seventeenth volume. There are no parts 11 and 13.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 503; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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