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'File 10/1 XI Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎76r] (168/494)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (245 folios). It was created in 24 Dec 1934-8 May 1935. 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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C CHI TDUITTIAL
N0.84-S of 1935.
Bri'tish Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. & Consulate-Geueral 7
Bushire, the 15th January 1935.
To
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2 2 JAN. 1935
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.
Suhlect: Chief Local Representative for
~ The Bahrain Petroleum Company.
Memorandum,
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Your letter Ifo.C/13-10/1, dated the 6th January
I appreciate the practical argumeiits which you. put
forward for having as Chief Local Representative the Manager
of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, and therefore an American.
There is, however, the psychological objection, (and when
dealing with Arabs objections of that nature, whether reason
able or not from our point of view, must be counted as
important) that only recently the Shaikh and his family (vide
my Express Letter Ko.C/193, dated the 8th April 1934) express
ed strong objecti /ns' to L American Chief Local Representative,
a^d I think it would be distinctly impolitic to force an
Ancrican upon them. Amongst other objections, being Arabs,
■ k w +11nnic we had done so under American
they woula probably txiinK - -
pressure, which would be most undesirable.
2. The Company may not, as you point out, like dealing
with confidential and technical -matters through a person
, , +Vie -irm, which has been the case with Ir.
not a member ox tne -ixiu, wxxj.
_ , . , -- .- ain if his successor were ap ^ointea,
Russell and woulo. be ^.^ax:
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but that is the Company 's concern, ana
the fact remains, as
stated /
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The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, and correspondence and telegrams 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 Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the Mining Lease and on personnel, infrastructures and facilities of the BAPCO's terminal on Sitra Island.

The volume incluses:

  • mining cease contract signed by the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah on 29 December 1934 (f. 30);
  • technical drawing of 'Diagram of SITRA TERMINAL TANK LINK-UP' (ff. 58-66A);
  • 'Abstracts of accounts of oil measured during 1934';
  • 'Statement on Royalty due to the Sheikh of Bahrain for the year 1934' (ff. 169-171).

There are letters in Arabic, to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain.

There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 218-234).

Extent and format
1 volume (245 folios)
Arrangement

The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 218-234). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

Physical characteristics

The foliation starts on the first page with writing (5th folio) and ends on the last. Numbering is encircled, in pencil in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. .

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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