'Oil Concessions' [15r] (48/480)
The record is made up of 1 volume (237 folios). It was created in 3 Dec 1930-20 Jul 1931. 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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IBCHK'Air/
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SYNDIC ATS, LIMITS®.
Downing Street.
D«<lflm'beir i 1929.
Sir,
I am direct «d by Lord fas a field to inforta you that
he haa hadunder consideration, in oonaultation with the other
intereated Departoanta of Ma fiajeaty'a Oovernraent, the letter
addreaaed to the Baatern and General ayndieate toy the Preaid^it
of the Eaetem Gulf Oil Company, which waa enoloaed in your
letter of the 6th of Moveatoer last, and which is returned to
you herewith. ilia Majesty's Govarnment note that the
Saatem Gulf Oil Company oonaidar that, except in ao far aa
the apacific pointa referred to in their letter of the 24th of
Oototoer are concerned, the oonditiona sat out in Colonial
Office letter of the ISth of September laet are generally
aatiafactory.
2. Aa regarda the apecific pointa referred to in the
Baatern Gulf Oil Coiapany'a letter of the 24th of October, 1
am to make the following obaervationa:-
(1) Hawing regard to the oonaid erationa referred to in^
the s©Tenth paragraph of the Baetem Gulf Oil Corapany'e letter
of the 24th of October, Hie Majesty's Oowerraaent are prepared
to recognise the right of the Company to hare a woice in the
deaignation and election of the British member of the Board
of Direotora, and to agree that condition (b), referred to in
paragraph 1 of Colonial Office letterof the 16th of September
laet should be amended to read aa followa:* «{b) That of the
fiwe Directors of the Company one Director ahall at all timea
be a British subject who shall be pereons grata to His
Uaj eaty'a
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This file contains correspondence between Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior, British 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 Bahrain; Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, British 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. at Bushire; Major Frank Holmes of the Eastern and General Syndicate; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; Cyril H Cane, His Britanic Majesty's Consul-General San Francisco; and Freshfields Leese and Munns solicitors. There are also copies of correspondence between various officials in the 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. and Colonial Office.
The correspondence concerns the assignment of 1930 Bahrain Oil Concession (draft agreement, ff. 110-129); negotiations of Eastern and General Syndicate for concession for the remaining area of Bahrain group of islands; and application by Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited for a prospecting licence, including Supplementary Agreement between H.E. Shaikh Hamad bin Shaikh Isa Al Khalifah and the Bahrein Petroleum Company Ltd (f. 224).
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- 1 volume (237 folios)
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This file is arranged in approximately chronological order.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the second folio after the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 231, ending on the inside of the back cover.
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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/15/2/98
- Title
- 'Oil Concessions'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:4v, 5v, 12v, 12ar:12av, 13r:18v, 19v, 27v:35v, 37v:38v, 41v, 42v:56v, 59r:61v, 67r:67v, 69r:72v, 77r:78v, 79v:85v, 89v:98v, 100v:105v, 106v:107v, 108v, 109v, 130v:136v, 137v:138v, 139v, 141r:144v, 149r:151v, 156r:156v, 158r:158v, 160v, 163v:164v, 166v:179v, 180v, 182v:195v, 198v:207v, 210v:212v, 215v, 217r:217v, 218v:223v, 225r:230v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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