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'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [21r] (56/476)
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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19o0. I would, not discuss 1/Bjor Holmes's position with him
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letter of the 28th July, he would receive a further letter
on that subject in due course. But it was only fair to say
that H.M.G. took a very serious view of the actions which
had led to the Colonial Office letter "being written.
also took a very serious view of his direct dealings with
the Sheikh.
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iuu Ballantyne said that in the first place Major
holmes was no u one Company's sej-ection. He had been forced
on uQtmi uy Jn»M»ir» Nor was the Company his only master,
were that the case, they could control him more closely.
Bug he Wcis acting o* 1 so i.or uwo other different oil Interestp<■
It was inevitable that the Company should give him so little
latitude. Hitherto tney had heard no criticism or
complainu oi nirn irom H.M.G. It was surely difficult to
contend uiiat given the very limited society of Bahrein the
Sheikh and Mijor Holmes should never discuss oil natters.
Did we conuena tnat there should be no oral communication
on tnese matters? I understood him to say further that he
bauhered that Mr. Belgrave, the Sheikh's Financial Adviser
had in any event seen the offer under discussion before it
was formally submitted.
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x baiu that H.M.G. had been much shaken by the
incidents now under discussion and that he would, I thoueht
xinu that tney would be disposed to interpret the Indenture
June 19^0 ver^ buiictly. That Indenture specified that
all communications to the Sheikh were to be addressed by
one Cnief Local Representative 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.
ana not tnrougn either Mr.Belgrave or by means of oral
dioCUobions witn the Sheikh on oil questions, which there
should be no difficulty in avoiding.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/2/391
- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 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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