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'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎138r] (288/476)

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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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7. Shaikh Hamad feels that all eorte of things affecting
him have been happening and going on over his head and that
he has not had anything explained to him. He cannot "believe
that his letter complaining of Major Holmes* misrepresentations
-can be the cause of all this upset. The letter was not meant
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to have any such effeels and was merely a part of the bargaining.
8. The Shaikh has even been discussing the matter with
his wife,Aiyesha,who in conversation with Mrs .Belgrave showed
that she knew all about the affair.
9. The Shaikh,who,as I said above,has a great personal
affection for Major Holmes,would hate to have Major Holmes
leave Bahrain in disgrace after so many years work in this
place.
10. Probably on account of this anxiety he has gone out
to JAU at the other end of the Island for an indefinite period.
11. The Shaikh and his brothers are dead against having
anyone but an Englishman as Chief Local Representative,as they
do not feel that they could work with him. These sentiments
have been expressed by the Shaikh in his letter of the 14th
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Jamad-i-Awwal 1352 (4th September 1933) sent you with my
despatch HosC/399«lo/l.IV dated the 6th September 1933.
12. Belgrave,of course,who hears their story in great
detail,impresses on me their genuine distress. He,himself,is
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in a position of great difficulty as it often bappono is
impossible for him to explain to them the true aspects of the
case as far as tney are known to him.
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13. The Shaikhs think that the Americans are behind it
all and are wondering what answer the British Government is going
to give I
Yours sincerely.
: he noodle Lieut-Col.Gordon Loch, I.A, ^ c*
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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , /
Bushire. '

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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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