'File 10/1 IX Bahrain Oil Concession' [1r] (11/522)
The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1934-25 Oct 1934. 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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No:0^54-10/1. Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, the 9th July 1934.
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To,
The Chief local Kepresentative,
The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited,
Bahrain.
Dear Sir,
i understand that representatives from
Meo^rs Redwood & Company have already arrived in
Bahrain. I should be glad of an opportunity to have
a talk with the in before they leave Bahrain.
Yours faithfully.
Offgi
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.
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The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, and correspondence and telegrams 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 draft Mining Lease contract between the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah and BAPCO (draft on folios 161-168).
There are also letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh. There is a map showing 'Selection by The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited under Concession dated December 2nd 1925' (folio 225A). Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 240-248).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (261 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 240-248). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled from folio 223-240. The numbering starts on the first page of writing and continues until 42; 42A; then 43-108; 109A and 109B; then 110-225; 225A and 225B and carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the last page of writing. Some folios are marked as confidential.
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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/15/2/396
- Title
- 'File 10/1 IX Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:4v, 5v:24v, 25v:26v, 27v:33v, 36v:42v, 42ar:42av, 43r:71v, 72v:73v, 74v:75v, 76v:80v, 81v:101v, 103v:107v, 108v, 109ar:109bv, 110r:113v, 114v:131v, 134v:140v, 141v:156v, 169r:188v, 189v:200v, 202v:203v, 207v:208v, 211r:211v, 212v:213v, 214v:215v, 216v:221v, 223av, 224r:230v, 231v:248v, v-r:viii-v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence