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'Oil Concessions' [30r] (66/734)
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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£
fHiRD SGHaDi;:^.
MINING L&tuSE.
le I.
The Siialidri hereby grants to the
CorspHny on benalf of himself and his suc
cessors the exclusive right for a period
of fiftyfive years to prosx-iect and drili
for, extract, treat, refine, manufacture,
transport and deal with petroleun products,
naptha, natural _reaaes, tar, asphalt,
ossokerite, and other bituminous materials
witain the area or areas aescrioed in words
in the first schedule to this le&se and de-
Itfiealea on the map attachea as the second
schedule thereto. Such right, however shall
not include the exclusive right to sell
such products within the leased area. He mil
also grants tne Company the exclusive right
to confctruct and operate refineries and
storage tanks within this area ana also tiie
right, but not the exclusive right to
construct, erect and operate pipe-lines,
refineries ana storage tanKe, railways,
wharves and jetties, tramways, roads,
"buildings, machinery and telegraph apparatus
of all kinds in any part of the territory
under the control of the Shaikh so far as
may be necessary for the purpose of their
business.
The Company shall have the right to
prospect for, collect ana use free anywhere
within the leased area, but not to export
or sell stone, gypsum, salt, sulpimr, clay
wood and water, whether from rivers or
springs, for the purpose of their work.
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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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- 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