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'File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.' [244r] (503/592)
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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not in fact referred to the sheikh as raising the
question in connection with c^ny particular article ol
the mining lease, ani the pnrase occurred six times
altogether in the mining lease. On the other hand,
Article IX (with which possibly Article a ought to he
hracketea) was, as I thought Lr. Ballantyne would agree,
the material article of the mining lease and it was f~ •
this reason that reference haa been made to it in my
letter. Mr. Ballantyne said that he understood the
position. Secondly, we were not quite clear as to what
was in the Sheikh's mind, out so far as we could juage
on the information available to us he was interested in
two points:
(a) a definition of the phrase;
(h) the question of the earliest date at which
the royalty of Rs.30,000 would "become payable.
6. I vj* • Ballantyne would appreciate that under the
mining lease as it stood the Sheikh, unless there was a
declaration of production in commercially exploitable
quantities at an earlier period than 5 years, coula not
hope until that 5 years had elapsed for larger royalties
than Rs.10,000 per annum. That might have been a
reasonable figure and a reasonable understanding at the
time when the agreement was first drafted in 1925. But
matters had advanced since then and it was quite clear
that the prospects of finding oil in Bahrein were
probably substantially more important now than they had
been at that aate. It was only natural in these
circumstances that the sheikh, before wishing to conniit
himself on the matter of the further extension, snould
want to know where he stood on this question. He had,
of course, the right in certain circumstances to appeal
to /
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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