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'Oil Concessions' [80r] (168/734)
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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4
Article III.
In consideration of tL ^
3.
of this lease, the Company undertakes to
pay to the Sheikh within 60 days after
its grant, the sum of Rs.t0,000 (Ten
thousand
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
) and the further sum of
Rs.10,000 (Ten thousand
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
) on each
anniversary of the grant,subject to the
"delay" exception mentioned in Article
V, for five years, or until, in accor
dance with Article IX, the Company shall
have declared that Oil has been found in
commercially exploitable quantities.
Article IV.
Agreement to the Company or that may be
acquired by the Company in the manner
provided for in Article II of this Lease
as also all products exported shall be
free of all imposts and taxes during the
tenure of the present Concession.
every kind necessary for the exploration,
working and development of the deposit
and for the construction and development
of the pipe-lines including also all the
works specified in the first paragraph of
Article I hereof and Office requirements
nest
but A including the personal requirements
of employees shall enter the said terri
tories free of all taxes and Custom
House duties.
iorce until two years after the date upon
which the Company shall have declared
that Oil has been found in commercial!v
All lands granted by this
All material and apparatus of
This previllge shall continue in
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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