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‘File 86/2 II (C 31) Eastern and General Syndicate, Oil, Bahrain’ [‎126v] (258/495)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (251 folios). It was created in 16 Sep 1929-15 Jul 1930. It was written in English. 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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(b) Civil.
Article 45.—(1) When a Bahrein subject desires to bring a suit
against a person to whom this Order applies, or a person to whom this
Order applies desires to bring a suit against a Bahrein subject, the
Poiitieal Agent shall admit the complaint, and
(a) with the concurrence of the Sheikh of Bahrein, may hear and
determine the suit in his District Court, or
(b) may hear and determine it in a Joint Court, or
(c) may refer it to the Majlis-el-Urf for decision, or
(d) in cases between pearling-masters and divers, may refer it to
the Salifah Court, or
(c) with the consent ol the several parties, may refer the case to-
one or more Arbitrators for settlement.
(2) The judgment of the Joint Court or of the Majlis-el-Urf shall for
all purposes be considered the same as if it were that of the District
Court.
(3) An appeal from the decision of the Salifah Court shall lie 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. acting in concert with the Sheikh of Bahrein, and in all
Salifah cases their joint decision shall be final.
(4) The award of the Arbitrator under Sub-Article 1 (c) shall be
final, and shall not be open to appeal unless the same shall within a.
reasonable time have been ordered by 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. to be set aside
on the ground that it is not final or is defective, or that the Arbitrator
has exceeded his authority, or has been guilty of misconduct in the
matter.
_ (5) Nothing herein mentioned shall prevent the District Court, the
Joint Court, the Majlis-el-Urf, the Salifah Court, or the Arbitrator from
referring any matter in the progress of a suit which involves a point of
Mahommedan law to a Kazi for decision, or from sending any party or
witness, being a Mahommedan, to a Kazi for the administration of
an oath."
11. At no subsequent stage does the Sheikh appear to have shown any
signs of going back on his delegation of responsibility in respect of
foreigners other than the subjects of States in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to His
Majesty's Government. Difficulties, however, arose in the post-war period
in connection with his claim to. exercise jurisdiction over Nejdis and
p. 5040/20. inhabitants of El Katr. In 1920 protests were received from Ibn Saud as to
the exercise of jurisdiction by the Sheikh over Kejdi subjects. A similar
protest appears to have been made at about the same time by the Sheikh of
Qatr, both parties requesting 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. to exercise jurisdiction on
Res 6 ?) 8 / 27 ' Vo1 ' t, ^ r behalf. 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 consequence issued on 20th November
g! of i .^o t0 295 s, 1920 a notice that all foreign subjects, including Persians and subjects of
of i Sept. 1927, ' Arab Rulers and Chiefs other than those of Bahrein, were, while in Bahrein,
entitled to British protection. The decision was not well received by the
Sheikh ; but it has not been contested by him, and since 1920 jurisdiction
over all foreign subjects has rested with the British Political authorities
within the limits of the Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. of 1913 and 1922, as subsequentlv
amended.
J. G. L.
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. ,
3rd March 1930.

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The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to negotiations over the transfer of the Bahrain oil concession, conducted between the British Government, Eastern & General Syndicate Limited (hereafter E&GS), and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company of the United States (EGOC). The volume is a direct continuation, with some overlap of correspondence, with ‘File 86/2 I (C 30) Bahrain Oil Concession (Eastern & General Syndicate)’ (IOR/R/15/1/649). 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, Major Frank Holmes, Director of E&GS, and various representatives of the Colonial Office of the British Government in London.

Key subjects covered by the volume include:

  • Negotiations between the British Government and E&GS (on behalf of EGOC) for the transfer of the Bahrain oil concession from E&GS to EGOC, with particular emphasis on four conditions stipulated by the British Government to ensure sufficient British control of a concession funded by foreign finance;
  • An agreement of the concession transfer, and negotiations between the British Government and the solicitors appointed by EGOC (Freshfields, Leese and Munns of London) for the transfer;
  • Questions over legal jurisdiction and property law in Bahrain; negotiations with regard to the liability of the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah) in the event of theft of oil company property by oil company employees;
  • Registration of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Canada;
  • Holmes’s trip to Bushire and Bahrain, and his appointment as chief representative of BAPCO in Bahrain;
  • E&GS/BAPCO application to extend the oil concession area across those parts of Bahrain not covered by the existing concession.

The volume contains numerous copies of the indentures and concessions agreements, in copy and original (folios 110-14, 206-10, 211-29).

Extent and format
1 volume (251 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 234-38) mirror the chronological arrangement. The subject index at the front of the volume (folio 2) refers to the original foliation system using uncircled pencil numbers.

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Foliation: The main foliation sequence begins on the front cover and ends on the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers written in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . A second foliation sequence is present between folios 2-53 and 72-233; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E; 2 and 2A; 130 and 130A; 144 and 144A.

Folios 176-195 are bound together and housed in a clear polyester sleeve.

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