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'File 10/14 Bahrain unallotted area' [106r] (224/682)
The record is made up of 1 volume (339 folios). It was created in 1 May 1937-23 Jul 1938. 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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FOREIGN OFFICE, S. 7.I.
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(E 2288/1+13/91)
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There are two points on which I should like to say
something, the first concerns the Hawar, group of islands.
The position here is as I understand it, that these islands
probably belong to the Sheikh of Bahrein, but may conceivably
belong to the Sheikh of Qatar or even to Ibn Saud. The
company v/ish to secure the rights over these islands by this
concession on the assumption that they belong to the Sheikh
of Bahrein. If they belong to the Sheikh of Qatar they have
already got rights over them under their agreement with Qatar
and if they should turn out to belong to Ibn Saud they realise
that neither this proposed agreement nor the agreement with
Qatar will give them any rights there and that they are not
getting any guarantees by H.M.G. that a claim by Ibn Saud will
not be recognised by them. This being the position, it seems
to be to be better to word the "Secondly" in Article 1 of the
draft concession as follows, "The whole of that portion of
the Sheikh's dominions (leased area No. 2) including all
J v ^ islands, reefs, shoals and waters belonging to the Sheikh
within the following boundary limits ...." The boundary
limits which are defined by geographical co-ordinates clearly
go round the Hawar group of islands and therefore if they
belong to the Sheikh the concession covers them. On the
other hand, the fact that they are not mentioned in this way
by name avoids the difficulty that the concession definitely
contains a statement that the islands do belong to the Sheikh
of Bahrein. This way of treating the matter seems to me to
be/
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between 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. at Bahrain, 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. at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the negotiations for the oil concession over the 'Bahrain additional area', which includes islands, reefs and shores.
The volume includes correspondence regarding Major John Holmes, who is initially defined by the Secretary of State for India as persona non grata (folio 83 and folio 143) for the British Government to act as negotiator for the concession, and two drafts of the concession: '1937 Draft' (folios 263-279) and '1938 Draft' (folios 280-296).
There are two maps: one showing 'Leased area no. 1' off the northern coast of Bahrain (folio 112) and another showing 'Leased area no. 2' between the eastern coast of Bahrain and the western coast of Qatar.
There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah.
There are file notes (folios 318-331).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (339 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 319-331). The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins with the first folio of writing, on number 1, and runs through to 335, which is the last number given on the inside of the back cover. There are various gaps in the numbering: 10; 144-146 (note on folio 143: 'pages 144, 145 and 146 renumbered 113-a, 113-b and 113-c'); 208-209; 244. 253 is followed by 255, which is then followed by 254 (these folios are joined together). Other anomalies are: 6A; 111A; 113A-C; 156A; 214A.
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- Title
- 'File 10/14 Bahrain unallotted area'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1v, 2v:6v, 6ar:6av, 11v:24v, 27r:33v, 35r:37v, 38v:39v, 41r:43v, 45r:59v, 61r:82v, 83v:108v, 111ar, 112r:112v, 111av, 113ar:113cv, 114r:119v, 122r:123v, 126v, 136v, 138v:143v, 147r:150v, 152r:156v, 156av, 157r:157v, 159r:184v, 185v:207v, 210r:214v, 214ar:214av, 215r:219v, 221v, 226v:228v, 240v, 246v:262v, 299v, 302r:334v, back-i
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