'File 10/1 XVII Bahrain Oil Concession' [61r] (129/614)
The record is made up of 1 volume (305 folios). It was created in 3 Dec 1940-6 Apr 1942. 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.
C/537
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, Presents his compliments to:—
The Honourable 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.
,
Bushire.
and has the honour to send him a copy of the undermentioned document ( s )
The
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
BAHRAIN,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Dated _3l3t May 1941.
Reference to previous correspondence:
Resident's telegram No# 469 dated the 19th
May 1941
Description df Enclosure.
Name and Date.
Subject.
!♦ Letter No# C/617 dated the ^
27th May 1941 to the General ^ yi
Manager, The Bahrain Petroljum
COmDanv Llinlt«d- RahT»fl"fn^ ^ x
2. Letter No. Con ~826 dated th<(
29th May 1941 from -do- -dc-
3* Letter No. C/618 dated the
27th May 1941 txm to H.H.
Shaikh of Bahrain.
4. Letter dated 2nd Jamadi I
1360 from -do- d-o
Chief Local Representative.
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- Content
The volume mainly contains correspondence 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 Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the necessity to 'reduce the refinery and the crude oil production’ for war conditions; it contains monthly details on shipment of oil from Bahrain and semestral abstracts of accounts and statement on Royalties due to the Sheikh of Bahrain for 1940 and 1941.
The volume also includes: list of records on a geophysical study being shipped per Florence Luckenbach from Bahrain to New York (folios 92-100); correspondence on the fish traps on Sitra Island. There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, including an agreement, in English and Arabic, signed on 18 October 1941 by the Shaikh and BAPCO, to transfer to a safe place the records and geological plans because of the war (folio 180).
In the volume there are maps and drawings by BAPCO:
- drawing of 'A reservation for recreational purposes' (f. 14);
- map representing 'Extended area for marine and submarine facilities at Zallaq terminal' (ff. 28 and 203);
- 'A strip of land for road & pipeline purposes between Fee Property R/W-1 & GR-1a on Sitra Island' (f. 49);
- Section representing Zone A and B (f. 171);
- 'Probable Surface Contours on top of Zone A water.'(f. 172);
- 'Probable Surface Contours on top of Zone B water.'(f. 173);
- 'Extended Shore Facilities at Zallaq' (f. 223, 240);
- 'Marine facilities at Zellaq' (f. 243).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 278-297).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (305 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 278-297). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation system starts at the title page and finishes at the last page of writing. The numbering is in pencil, encircled and positioned at the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , starting from 1-142; then 143A, 143B; 144-226; 227A, 227B and then it carries on from 228 to 297, which is the last number given. A second foliation sequence runs from folios 3-277, which is written in pencil in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. .
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 XVII Bahrain Oil Concession'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:4v, 5v:11v, 13v, 14v, 15v:16v, 20v:23v, 24v:25v, 27v, 28v, 29v, 32r:33v, 35v:40v, 41v:45v, 48v, 49v:56v, 57v, 58v:59v, 60v:61v, 63v:81v, 82v, 83v:86v, 87v:88v, 89v, 90v, 91v, 93v, 100v, 101v:104v, 113v:114v, 115v:116v, 117v:118v, 122v, 123v, 124v:126v, 127v:129r, 131r:134v, 136v:138v, 139v:142v, 143ar:143bv, 144v:148v, 149v, 150v:151v, 152v:153v, 154v:158v, 160v, 160v:165v, 166v:167v, 168v, 169v:170v, 171v, 172v, 173v, 174v:177v, 178v:179v, 180v:183v, 184v:185v, 186v:189v, 190v:191v, 192v:197v, 202v, 203v:208v, 209v:211v, 213v:217v, 218v:219v, 220v, 221v:224v, 225v:226v, 227ar:227bv, 228r:228v, 231v, 232v:234v, 235v:237v, 239v, 240v, 242v, 243v, 244v:254v, 255v:257v, 258v:259v, 260v, 261v, 262v:263v, 264v, 266v:268v, 269v, 270v:271v, 272v:274v, 275v:290r, 290r, 291r:297v, ii-r:iv-v, back-i
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