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'Oil Concessions' [‎62r] (142/480)

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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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ilbsbtuhl betw««n bmbikh hmad bi* su8ikh
XL KUAUtAH smimi 01 BAffiffllM (hcreinaftar sailed "the Sheikh",)
(acting on the adrice of the 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 (iulf) of tiie one part mi OMMULL smBICAtl
WMlfl® (hereinafter oalleA "the Company") of the other wart
tmm wmsmfB wisksssith tkat it is h - jheby
AGKiiD Aw-fl SEOLAiUO) as follows;-
1. Jflie period of the .xploration uieenoe under the Coneeseion
Agreement dated the 2nd day of December 19SS and made between the
BheiMi of the one nart and the Company of the other part (to
Bhich theee presents are supplemental and a photostatic copy
thereof is annexed hereto} shall be and the same ie hereby ex-
lended up to and so as to include the and day of December 1930.
I. She maximum period of two years (subject to the extension
for a further period of two years as provided in Article 4 of
the said Concession Agreement dated the 3nd day of December
326) of the Prospecting Licence shall be counted from the expiry
tf the Exploration Licence (2nd December 1930) or from the date
torn the Prospecting Licence is issued if it ie granted during
aie course of the period of extension of the said Exploration
4oenee and any Mining Lease to be granted on the expiry of the
•rospecting Licence or extension thereof or upon earlier applica-
Ion therefor shall be for a period of fifty-fire years as sro-
ided in the 1'hird schedule of the said Concession Agreement
ated the 3nd day of December IS.^S.
• if and when the benefit of the said Concession Agreement
r any of the rights thereunder shall be assigned to the Bahrein
etroleum Company Limited as hereinafter authorised, then and in
hat ease the conditions set out in the Schedule hereto shall
orthwith become and be part of the said Concession Agreement
s if the same had been originally contained therein and the same
shall

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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
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