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'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎34r] (82/476)

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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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In a
of emergency
Lessees to
increase
sujply
Powers oX
the m®ikb
in case oX
war.
18. In the ©vent oX a sti
affecting eitiier Biaiirein or
■lieikh shall be the sole juc
their utmost endeavours to i
oil or produces thereoX Xor
required by him.
In such an event also
control oX the works plant $
the Lessees shall conloxm to
Issued by the Shtlkh or on to
he paid to the Lessees for a
proved to have "been sustain®
oX the exercise by the sheIk
this dense. Any such coap
by rgreement between the ah®
default ot agreement t by arb
by the last preceding clause
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In a 0tiit#e
of enersency
l.essees to
increase
supply ot
Powers oX
the tie iyji
in case oX
war.
18 • in the event ox' a state ot emergency or war
alXecting either Bahrein or Great Britain, of which the
Sheikh shall, he the sole judge, the Lessee3 shall use
their utmost endeavours to increase the supply ot the
oil or products thereof Xor the Sheikh to the extent
required by him*
In such an event also, the Sheikh may take
i-mi'tTui ox the wo2*K8 plant aa^ prieilsis oX the Ltsstts, and
the Lessees shell conXona to and obey 011 directions
issued by the riheikh or on his hehcdX. Compensation shall
to® pai ^i to the Lsssess Xor sny loss or dteias® that issy be
proved to have been sustainsci by the Lessees by reason
©•a the exercise by the sheikh or the powers confer re cl by
this clause. my such compsasstlon stiall be settled
by agrsemsnt between the 3heiKh and the Leesti® or, .in
default ox. agrseroent, by arbitration in manner provided
by the last preceding clause* !
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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).

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1 volume (238 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 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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