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'File 10/1 XVI Bahrain Oil Concession' [16r] (39/555)
The record is made up of 1 volume (276 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1939-5 Nov 1940. 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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The Bahrein Petroleum Company limited
At^ali , Bahrein Island,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
March 31, 1939.
H
His Britannic Majesty^ Political A^ent,
BAHREIN,
Pear Sir,
C'/
,
I take pleasure in handing you herewith ten copies of
"Abstract of Accounts for the second half of 1938, of Oil Measured
Under Lease between His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrein and the
Company dated 29th December 1934, Delivered in accordance with
Article VII thereof and Statement of Royalties Due for the second
half of 1938", and would request that you transmit the requisite
number of copies to His Highness Shaikh Sir Kamad bin Isa al
Khalifah, K.C.I.E., C.3.I.
Will you kindly request the Financial Adviser to sign the
three copies on which provision is made for his signature and return
them to the Company.
I enclose the Company's cheque No. 2506 drawn on The Eastern
Bank Limited, Bahrein, in favour of the Financial Adviser, in the
amount of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Sixteen
Lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
Eighty six Thousand Four, Annas Thirteen
only (Rs.16,86,004-13-0) being Total Net Royalties Due to His Highness
Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah, K,C.I.E., C.S.I., Ruler of
Bahrein, for the period July 1 to December 31, 1938, as detailed on
enclosed Abstract and Statement for the second half of 1938.
iill you kindly request the Financial Adviser to make and
forward to the Company a receipt in quintuplicate acknowledging this
payment.
Yours faithfully,
Chief/^ftal Representative,
THE BAHR£lt^?STRQ L2UM COMPANY LIMTED.
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- Content
The volume 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 reservation of land and infrastructures to be built on Sitra Island and some correspondence with the Sheikh of Bahrain, asking for his help to retrieve 116 cases of dynamite dispersed in Huwais on the Qatar coast during a storm and taken by locals (folios 135-136).
The volume also includes semestral 'Abstracts of accounts of oil measured' and 'Statement on Royalty' and monthly details on 'Shipments of oil from Bahrain' for 1938-1940.
There are maps showing:
- 'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Permanent Camp (Awali) Reservation' (f. 46);
- 'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Rifa Class II-B Townsite' (f. 57);
- 'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Reservation for Golf Course & Agricultural Purposes' (f. 90)
- and Tank Charts (ff. 206-209).
There are some letters and documents in Arabic, mainly letters to and from the Sheikh.
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 251-270).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (276 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 251-270). 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 sequence commences at the titlepage and terminates at the 4th sheet from the rear of the volume; numbering 1-270 is written in pencil, is encircled and can be found in the top right corner. A second foliation sequence commences at f 3 and terminates at folio 250; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/403
- Title
- 'File 10/1 XVI Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- 5r, 16r:17r, 176r:177r, 184r
- Author
- Black, John S
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