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'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [39r] (89/592)
The record is made up of 1 volume (294 folios). It was created in 5 Oct 1933-26 Nov 1933. 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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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.
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London •
Cow bv poet to the foreign Secretary to the Oovexnaient
of India, »eif Delhi.
No. 928.
Dated the 17th October, 1933-
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Tour telegrara of 3rd October, S45B.
Before leaving Bahrain I had gained luiprei-
slon, though not on any solid grounds, that Company pro
posed to refine at any rate proportion of their output
locally In order to compete for l^astern rnarlcet.
2. Gastrell on the other hand gathers from
^ S /to; b,
recent conversation with Skinner that if found in any
quantity oil nould be shipped to their large American
refineries. Skinner spoke pessimistically as to prospect
of large oil field. /n ,
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3* Adviser says that Shaikh has always looked
forward to large refinery in Bahrain giving employment to
his people. Shaikh would it Is thought readily confirm
this. He has not actually made enquiries on the subject
recently, but he no doubt would do so if he thought the
matter likely to be under discussion. There is no
objection to making formal enquiry from hlra on the
subject.
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The volume mainly contains 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. at 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. at Bushire, the Secretary of State for India, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the Bahrain Oil Concession, on a refinery to be built on Bahrain Island, and on the affairs of the Bahrain Petroleum Company. The volume also contains correspondence on the resignation of Major Frank Holmes from Chief Local Representative of BAPCO, who was replaced by E. A. Skinner. There are also letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 272-282).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (294 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 272-282). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in ink crayon or pencil, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is written in pencil, encircled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering starts at the first page of writing, then 69, 70a, 70b, and carries on until 282, which is the last number given on the last page of writing (6th folio from the back of the volume). There is also another foliation system, which is inconsistent.
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- IOR/R/15/2/392
- Title
- 'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:v-v, 1r:8v, 11r:12v, 14r:23v, 25r:30v, 32r:45v, 47r:49v, 52r:53v, 55r:69v, 70ar:70bv, 71r:73v, 75r:88v, 90r:98v, 102r:105v, 105ar:105av, 106r:106v, 108r:114v, 116r:119v, 122r:122v, 125r:127v, 128v, 128r, 129r:132v, 135r:135v, 138r:139v, 142r:144v, 148r:179v, 183r:189v, 192r:202v, 204r:204v, 207v:211v, 213r:270v, 272r:286v, vi-r:vi-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence