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'File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎139r] (290/476)

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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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CONFIDENTIAL. ^
No. 1166-S of 1933
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The Hon ble the lolitical Resident in the Persian Grnlf presents his com
pliments to
^he Political Agert
Bahrain,
and has the honour to transmit to him a copy of the undermentioned dooii'
ment (s). for information.
; ?AiH
British Consulate-General,
BUSHIRE.
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Dated
5th September 1933
Reference to previous correspondence :
■Residency Printed letter Wo• 1129-3 of 29th Aupnist 1933
Description of Enclosure.
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Name and Date.
Subject.
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. letter ^o.P.S.
5106/33 of 21st Au^ist 19 33 to
^he Bahrain Petroleum Company
Ltd, .London ♦
Letter Bated 18th August 1933
from the StAss***. Petroleum Sftiisssa!?#
Ltd .London , to the India Offl ce^
Letter No.PSD.21. ^art 4 dated
17th August 1933 from the
Petroleum Department (Mines Depa
ment) to 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. .
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. letter Ho.P.Z.
5253/33 of 24th August 1933 to
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. 8 ^ashire.
5. 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. letter Noo^Z.
5253/33 of 24th August 1933
to the Petroleum T)epartment
(Mines Department), with
en closure.
6. "Pinal Record of Proceedings of
a meeting held 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.
on 10th August.
7 » 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. letter Mo,P»Z.5317/33
of 25th August 1933 to Political
Resident,Bu8hire, with enclosure
Bahrain
Oil

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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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