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'File 10/1 VI Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎55r] (124/468)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 1933-19 Feb 1934. 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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Con fldenti al .
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1*116 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. ,
Bushire, 20th December, 1933.
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I note that a copy of Skinner's letter dated
the 7th December 1933 to you regarding the acquisi
tion of the two pieces of land on SITBAH ISLA1ID was
sent to Belgrave.
2. Surely this is incorrect? The idea is that
the ohief Local representative only approaches the
Shaikh through 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. . If, however,
the former can short-circuit the latter by sending
copies direct to the Shaikh's Financial Adviser, some
day -lemay find the Shaikh or Belgrave, in all
innocence, giving a o:eply to an important letter
before nls Majesty's Government ha^e^iad the
opportunity of expressing their views.
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Lt.-Colonel Gordon Loch,I.A.,
: olit ical Agent,
Bahrain.
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The volume contains 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 Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the acquisition of land on Sitra Island, under the prospecting license for the purpose of ships anchorage, on a refinery to be built on Bahrain Island, and on the employment of United States' personnel in Bahrain.

There are several maps in the volume:

  • Sketch Map of Sitra Island and Sitra Channel, off the coast of the Bahrain Island (f. 15);
  • 'Sketch "D" Layout of Ships Anchorage' (f. 72);
  • 'Sketch "E" Channel Marking Buoys' (f. 73);
  • blue print of 'Area to be Reserved for Permanent Camp' (f. 138);
  • blue print of 'SUBMARINE LINE TERMINAL' (f. 157).

The volume also includes: crew list of people on board the Standard Oil of California's tank ship El Secundo , sailed from San Pedro, California, to Bahrain. (folios 149-151) and newspaper cuttings about the discovery of oil in the Gulf. There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah.

There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 206-220).

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1 volume (231 folios)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 206-220). 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.

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The main foliation is encircled in pencil at the top of each folio. The numbering begins on the first page of writing, on number 1, then it carries on until 71, 71A, 72, and it runs through to 225, which is the last number given, on the back cover of the volume. There are also two incomplete foliation sequences.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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