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'Oil Concessions' [83r] (174/734)
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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6 ' (g)
undertakes that punishment shall
inflicted and to use his utmost endea
vours to uphold the authority of the
Company's employees, thereby avoiding
unnecessary troubles to both parties
of this Contract.
Article VIII.
Should the Company succeed in
finding Oil in commercially exploitable
quantities, they agree to pay half year
ly to the Sheikh in place of the annual
payment of Rs.10,000-provided for in
Article III, a royalty of Rs.3/8/-(Rupe
es three and Annas eight) per ton of net
cude Oil got and saved (i.e. after de
ducting water and foreign substances
and Oil required for the customary ope
rations of the Company's intallations
in the Sheikh's territories.
This rate of royalty to be
subject to revision by mutual agreement
at the end of TO years payment and in
default of agreement either party shall
have the right to demand that the ques
tion at issue shall be submitted to arbi
tration as provided in Article XII below.
Article IX.
Subject to the "delay" excep
tion mentioned in Article V of this lease
the Company hereby undertakes that the
amount received by the Sheikh in respect
of royalties shall not be less than
30,000/- in any completed calendar
year in which the Company continues work,
begming with the year after the date on
which the Company shall have declared
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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