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'Oil Concessions' [70r] (148/734)
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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expiration of the prospecting licence,
or earlier if application therefore is
made by the Company,a mining lease over
the remaining portion of the whole of the I
Territory under the control of the Sheikh |
including its Territorial Waters (but ex
eluding the 100,000 acres mentioned in
Article I) shall be selected by the Com
pany on the terms and in the form of the |
lease attached as the 3rd Schedule to this
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Agreement. The area applied for equals
about 97,920 square acres.
Article VI, Within days from the
signature of this Agreement the Company,
in consideration of the assistance and
protection to be afforded to their emplo
yees,shall pay to the Sheikh the sum of
Rs,10,000 (Ten thousand
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
) and a
further Bum of Rs.10,000 (Ten thousand
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
) on each anniversary of the grant
of the exploration licence,
&K205L* throughout the currency of that
licence,and on the grant of a prospecting
licence under Article III the Company
shall pay to the Sheikh a further sum of
Rs.10,000 (Ten thousand
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
) and in
addition a further sura of like amount on
each anniversary of the grant of a pros
pecting licence throughout the currency
of that licence, they shall not be liable
to pay any further sums to the Sheikh
unless they receive a mining lease from 1
him; but if they receive such raining
lease they Bhall pay hlm t h e sums p rovlde<j
in the lease, but no more.
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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