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'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [77r] (168/476)
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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Petroleum Department (Mr. Lalthwaite
^ (
to Mr. Starling, dated 2nd August,
paras. 4 and 5', and 9tn August). The
Legal Adviser at the
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.
, to
whom the question had heen referred,
had expressed the opinion that,
although the matter might not he free
from ciouht, he would himself hold that
8 the whole of the territories under
his control" (Article 1 of concession
of 1925) and %11 parts of the territoiy
under the control of the Sheikh*
(First Schedule Clause 1) were
comprehensive enough to include
territory lying below the jheikh's
territorial waters. On the other hand
the meeting, while admitting that this
was the case, was disposed to think
that in the light of the correspondence
which had passed in regard to an
extension of the concession/, the
American interests were by no mean s
sure of their position as regards
territorial waters under the 1925
Concession. If this was the case, it
might be possible, by agreeing to
include territorial waters in the
areaunder the prospecting licence, to
make them mo re amenable as regards
oui modifications in the mining lease.
12 * Amendment^ in the a ininK lease .
The PeoroleuR: Dept. reported that they
were continuing their examination of 1
this point in the light of the material
* * ?i !+ c 5 ^Jd been supplied by the
interested Departments of H.M.G.
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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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- Open Government Licence