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'Oil Concessions' [27r] (60/734)
The record is made up of 1 volume (365 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1927-16 Sep 1929. 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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3EC0H1> SCIEDULE. W'J
Privileges to "be enj the Company
under the proepecting licence.
I. Free access for their agents and
servants necessarily employed hy the latter
to all rjarts of the territory under the
control of the Shaiich whether private or
public property, saving only sacred build
ings, shrines and grave-yards.
II. The right to carry out in any part
of the said territory such works as may
be necessary for the purpose of prospect
ing. If this woric is carried out on
uncultivated land the Company shall not
be bound to make any payment to the owner
of the land but shall restore the land as
far as possible to its previous state 20c
unless it is covered by a Lining Lease
subsequently granted. If it is carried
out on cultivated land the Company shall
pay a rent for the land occupied.
All borings abandoned by the Company
which have produced water in valuable q
quantity shall be left intact with the
casing in position, and shall be sealed
with a suitable valve.
III. Free use of water for their
Agents and servants.
IV. Free use of fuel lyin^ on land the
property of the Shaikh for the same.
V. The right to purchase fuel and
food supplies of every kind for man ana
beast, being the private property of the
Shaikh's subjects, at current market
rates, which rate in default of agreement
between the parties shall be fixed by the
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This file contains correspondence between the 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; 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 Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative at Bahrian of the Eastern and Syndicate Company Limited; and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; as well as copies of correspondence between the Government of India and various government departments in London.
These papers concern the extension and renewal of and amendments to the Bahrain Oil Concession and prospecting licences; enquiries about the meaning and wording of the concession, particularly regards to customs and duties payments by Eastern and General Syndicate; American influence on Eastern and General Syndicate and Bahrain more generally; and dealings with other oil companies, including the Turkish Petroleum Company and Standard Oil Company of California.
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- 1 volume (365 folios)
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The file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: There are three inconsistent foliation sequences, which have been crossed out, and one complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and runs through to 364, 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/15/2/97
- Title
- 'Oil Concessions'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 9v:15v, 16v:18v, 19v:34v, 34ar:34av, 35r:36v, 57r:60v, 62v, 63v:64v, 66v:90v, 91v, 92v:95v, 96v:97v, 101v:103v, 104v, 126v, 153v:154v, 155v:156v, 158v:162v, 185r:190v, 191v:192r, 193r:194v, 195v:196v, 197v:202v, 203v:209v, 210v, 212r:220v, 225v:231v, 266r:282v, 283v:305v, 306v:319v, 320v:323v, 325v:363v, 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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- Open Government Licence