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‘File 86/2 III (C 42) Bahrain Oil, Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’ [86r] (192/546)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1930-31 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 of a letter dated the 22nd Dhil Hajj 1350 from His
Excellency Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa to the Political
Agent,Bahrain,
ith reference to your enquiry about our wish in regard
to the matters mentioned by Major Holmes,representative of
32nd April 1932# We have received copies of these two letters
and after considering the matter we infom you of our opinion.
«ith regard to the extension of the prospecting license
for two years after the completion of the present time,which is
in about 7 months,we wish to see some result from the woi4c of
the Oil Company because they have now held the concession for
many years# e thing therefore that an extension of two years
is very long but we are willing to grant an extension of one
year.
ith regard to altering Clause 9 of the prospecting license
according to the letter of Taj or Holmes. As thia alteration is
not injurious to us,we are willing to allow this alteration,
accordingly the Company will be able to obtain any amount more
than 100 tons of oil but they must pay the royalty on every
ton after the first 100 tons.
ith reference to these two matters which we mention atoBe
as you are aware we have small knowledge of matters concerning
oil so we request that you will ask the Jion ? ble the Political
Resident in the fersian Gulf to obtain on our behalf the advice
of the Colonial Office in London in tkese tv/o matters. e
would be obliged if the matter might be settled as soon as
possible because as you are aware we wish very much to see
some financial result from the Oil Company.
After Compliments.
the Bahrain Petroleum Company in his two letters to you dated
(Seal of H#E Shaikh Hamad).
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The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to the completion of the transfer of the Bahrain oil concession to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and BAPCO’s ongoing oil exploration activities in Bahrain. The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 II (C 31) Eastern and General Syndicate, Oil, Bahrain’ (IOR/R/15/1/650). The principal correspondents in the volume are 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 (Captain Charles Prior until November 1932, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch thereafter), 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe until July 1932, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle thereafter), and representatives of BAPCO, chiefly Major Frank Holmes in Bahrain and Kuwait, and Hamilton Ballantyne in London.
Key subjects covered by the volume include:
- The British Government’s rejection in 1930 of a request from BAPCO for an extension to the Bahrain concession area (folios 16, 18-21);
- The appointment of the Canadian-born solicitor Montague G. Powell to the BAPCO board, in response to the British Government’s stipulation that a British subject sit on the BAPCO board (folio 27);
- The extension of BAPCO’s prospecting license, including provisions, with a copy of the 1932 extension (folio 196);
- A discussion between British Government and BAPCO officials over the terms of the concession in relation to determining the value of a well (folios 81-82, 84-85);
- News of oil having been struck in Bahrain (folios 96-97);
- Holmes’s guarantee in 1923 of 0.5 per cent of the company to Shaikh Abdulla bin Esa al Khalifa [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], for assistance in helping Eastern Syndicate & General win the Bahrain concession (folios 107, 115-16);
- Concern that Holmes, in his capacity as chief representative of BAPCO in Bahrain, does not spend sufficient time in Bahrain (folios 139-41);
- Negotiations throughout 1932 for amendments to clauses in the prospecting license, relating to the measurement, payment of royalties and use of crude oil by the company, including copies in both English and Arabic of an indenture modifying the terms of the concession (folios 228-31, 240-43).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front to the latest at the rear. Office notes at the end of the volume (folios 247-57) mirror the chronological arrangement. The subject index at the front of the volume (folio 2) refers to the uncircled numbers used by the volume’s original foliation system.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover on number 1, and ends on the inside back cover, on number 263. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c.
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- Title
- ‘File 86/2 III (C 42) Bahrain Oil, Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1bv, 2r:2v, 2ar:2cv, 3r:7v, 8v, 9v, 9ar:9av, 10r:26v, 28v:39v, 42v:43v, 43ar:43av, 44r:46v, 47v:50v, 51v:52v, 52ar:52av, 53v, 72v:76v, 78v:80v, 82v:83v, 85v:87v, 88v:115v, 116v:126v, 127v:149v, 150v:156v, 161v:163v, 165v:172v, 173v:178v, 179v:187v, 189v:195v, 196v:202v, 204v:212v, 213v:215v, 216v, 218v:225v, 227v, 231v:235v, 236v, 238v, 239v, 243v:262v, back-i
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