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'File No: 10/1 (Vol: I). Oils & Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession' [55r] (122/504)
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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copy.
P
Ho.446-S of 1931.
British.
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
8cConsulate-General,
Bushire, the 20th July 1931,
Proia - The ^on*ble Major T.C,W.Powle,C.B.E.,
Of f iciatmg
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.
.
To - 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.
,
Bahrain.
Meaorandaau
Reference your letter Ho.845, dated the 13th
July 1931.
supplementary agreement granting the Prospect
ing License - to which the Company are entitled - may be
executed forthwith.
With regard to the text of the Agreement (l) it
would be more in accordance with the terms of Article TlT
of the Original Agreement of 1925 to omit the phrase
"acting on the advice of the Hon* ble 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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
" and to insert between the word "Hamad"*
and hereby" lower down the phrase," with the cognizance of
the Hon'ble 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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
".
The Shaikh acts on the advice of 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.
when
it is a case of extension of the Prospecting License, 12)
the word "as" in the 4th last line of the Agreement should
apparently read "of*.
^* Pisase furnish me with 3 signed copies of the
Agreement executed.
ad/- T. C. Fowle,
Major,
Officiating
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 Persia
Gulf,
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (239 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in this volume are arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 'File No: 10/1 (Vol: I). Oils & Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:2v, 2ar:2av, 4v:5v, 7v, 9v, 11v:13v, 15v:17v, 18v, 18v:20v, 26v, 27v:30v, 33v:42v, 43v:57r, 57r:57v, 57v:76v, 77v:84v, 88v:89v, 91v:97v, 98v:101v, 103v:112r, 112r:112v, 112v:120v, 122v:123v, 124v:129v, 130v:131v, 133v:134v, 139v:142v, 143v, 143ar:143av, 144r:146v, 147v:149v, 150v, 152r:152v, 153v, 154v, 154v:156v, 157v:159r, 159r:159v, 159v:160v, 161v:164r, 164r:164v, 164v, 165v:172v, 174v:177v, 178ar:178av, 179v, 181r:181v, 182v, 184v:189v, 195v:196v, 198v:204v, 206v:209v, 210v:212v, 213v, 215v:222v, 224v:225v, 229v:230r, 230r:235v, back-i
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