'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [79r] (172/476)
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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a prospecting licence unde
Agreement.
(b) There is nothing
being altered bv agreement
had already been warned in
in December 1932 that His
make certain alterations,
in the Company's letter of
(c) ITien writing to t'
their prospecting licence,
the question of the desirei
and while not making the L
surest that in view of tb
Company in the past, His 1
that the Comparer will make
the amendment of the mining
The details of precede
Ivimed^ate 2, Mr.Stealing said
action as
regards Petroleum Company intend?
or uQ
latest pr.o.- re^,rding the remaining £
would be made through the I
would, in this case, be ad
Petroleum Company. Mr.Star
confirm this very soon. 1
possibility that the Iraq F
of their groups, one of who
Company, to negotiate for t
might reserve their ri-Tht t
In these circumstances
outlined in the recent tele
initiated. This means:-
ff)
2.
a prospecting licence under Article IV of the 1925
Agreement.
(b) There is nothing to prevent the mining lease
being altered bv agreement with the Company. (The Company
had already been warned in correspondence which took place
in December 1932 that His Majesty's Government would wish to
make certain alterations, and this position was accented
in the Company's letter of 30th December, 1932.)
(c) when writing to the Company about the extension of
their prospecting licence, it should be possible to introduce
the question of the desired alterations in the mining lease,
and while not making the latter dependent upon the former, to
suggest that in view of the consideration extended to the
Company in the past, His Majesty's Government anticioate
* ^
tnat the Company will make no difficulties in respect of
the amendment of the mining lease.
The details of procedure were not, however, discussed.
a^tfon^al 2 ' Mr - Star:lin g that he had heard that the Iraq
Petroleum Company intended to eubmit definite pronosals
^aior r.n line a g ^
pr .0.r, regarding tne remaining area in Bahrein, The proposals
Ro.sa i. 51,1. " r 1
would be made through the Anglo-Persian Oil Compaq, who
—* - ^
/. ' would, in this case, be acting as agents for the Iraq
Petroleum Company. Mr.Starling said he would be able to
i v er/ soon. There was, he understood, a
possibility that the Iraq Petroleum Company might allow two
of their groups, one of whom would be the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company, to negotiate for this concession, but if so they
might reserve their right to take it over at a later sta
In these circumstances it was decided that the action
outlined m the recent telegraphic correspondence could be
initiated. This means
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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)
- 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.
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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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- Title
- 'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession'
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- 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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