‘Annex to File 86/2 Bahrain Concession Duplicate’

Content

The file contains an original copy of the Bahrain oil concession agreement, dated 12 May 1923, agreed between Major Frank Holmes of The Eastern & General Syndicate Limited, and Shaikh Esa bin Ali Al-Khalifa [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfa]. The concession is typewritten in English, with an Arabic translation added by hand in black ink. Each page of the concession has been stamped ‘For and on behalf of The Eastern & General Syndicate, Limited’ and is signed by Holmes. The last page of text of the concession (folio 20) has also been signed by a witness, Mr W Hendry, of Dumbarton, Scotland. The final page of the agreement (folio 21) is a map of the northern half of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The cover of the file bears the broken remains of a wax seal, inscribed ‘The Eastern Bank Limited, Baghdad’.

Extent and format

1 file (22 folios)

It is grouped into

Map of the Persian Gulf, indicating area covered by the Bahrain oil concession

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/664, f 21

Arrangement

The file is comprised of a single document, and as such has no arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: Foliation is circled in pencil, at the top of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 22. An original foliation system using typewritten numbers at the top and centre of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , runs from ff 2-20.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic 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/15/1/664

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 86/2

History of this record

Date(s)

12 May 1923 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Concessions, Oil, BahrainPetroleum products

Places

BahrainSitrah

People & organisations

Bahrain Petroleum CompanyBahrain Petroleum Company, Chief Local RepresentativeEastern and General Syndicate Limited, oil companyPolitical Agent, Bahrain

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‘Annex to File 86/2 Bahrain Concession Duplicate’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/664, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00027e> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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