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'File No: 10/1 (Vol: I). Oils & Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎39r] (90/504)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (239 folios). It was created in 21 Mar 1932-25 Jan 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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«ill you please refer to Lord paeafield'e
Confidential de spat oh of the 13th xareh forwarding to oe the
draft of an Agreement to be executed between the Shaikh of
Bahrain and the -astern and General Syndicate, setting out
the conditione governing the proposed aeeignaent*
In paragraph C of the eohedule to that Agreement
the Bahrain Petroleum Company undertook at all tinea to
maintain in Bahrain m official to be ©ailed the "Ghief
iooal hepreaentatiTe* of the OoEapony who should Oe tne sole
representative of the Ooapany empowered to deal direct with
the local authorities and population, and it wae stipulated
that for the first five years after the said Bahrain Petro
leum Coopany Limited started to operate in Bahrain
• •••«. their •Chief Local representative * should be i^aj or
frank ttoloee. -The date on which the assignment was
executed by the .^astern and General syndicate was the let
August 1930» and frcm that date it was incumbent upon them
to maintain a Chief Local Representative, From that date
up to the present Major Frank Holmes Ms been in Bahrain for
6 months and 14 days#
Arrived Bfchrain
Left Bahrain for ...n^land
Arrived Bahrain
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24th April 1932. >14 deys
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20th June 1932
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The volume contains telegrams and correspondence exchanged between Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative of the Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited, the Colonial Office, 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 and 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. Most correspondence is about the negotiations for the extension of the 1925 Prospecting License agreement in Bahrain, granted from 2 December 1932.

The volume also contains: some letters in Arabic from and to the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah; confidential correspondence regarding the employment of Major Holmes; copies of letters and telegrams on tests and operations made on the oil wells at Jabel Dukhan; and a draft copy of the Oil Agreement (folios 226-229).

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1 volume (239 folios)
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The documents in this volume are arranged chronologically.

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There are two foliation sequences. The most complete sequence is encircled, in pencil, at the top of each folio. It begins on the second folio, on number 1, then it continues with 2, 2a, 3, and runs through to 236, which is the last number given, on the back cover of the volume. Another sequence, which is incomplete, is written in pencil, in the top right corner.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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