'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
IOR/R/15/2/391
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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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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.
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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
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- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/2/391
- Former external reference(s)
- Confidential files: 10/1 IV
- Date(s)
- 31 Jul 1933-4 Oct 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
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- 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 AgencyShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Ḥamad bin 'Īsá Āl KhalīfahShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl KhalīfahKing of Saudi Arabia Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd
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- IOR/R/15/2/391
- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
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- 51r, 54r, 109r, 172r, 178r:179r, 184r
- Author
- Holmes, Frank
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
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- 55r, 122r, 131r, 200r, 213r
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 111r
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- Holmes, Frank
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 115r:115v
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- Cable and Wireless Ltd (xx Imperial and International Communications Limited)
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 128r, 211r
- Author
- Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/391
- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 173r:175r
- Author
- Holmes, Frank
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- IOR/R/15/2/391
- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 176r:177r
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
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- IOR/R/15/2/391
- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 193r
- Author
- Skinner, Edward Allen
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
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- 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