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'Oil Concessions' [116r] (240/734)
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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third schedule.
mining lease.
Article i.
fhe Bhelkh hereby grante to the
Company on behalf of htmeelf and his suc
cessors the exclusive right for a period
of fiftyfive years to prospect and. drill
for,extract, treat, refine, manufacture,
transport and deal with petroleum pro
ducts t neptha, natural greases, tar,
asphalt, ozokerite and other bituminous
materials within the area or areas des
cribed in words in the first schedule to
this lease and delineated on the map at
tached as the second schedule thereto.
Such right, however shall not include the
fcxclusivs right to sej.l such products wi-
this the leased area. He also grants the
Company the exclueive right to construct
ct-nd operate refineries and storage tanks
within this area and also the right, but
not the exclusive right to construct,
erect and operate pipe-lines,refineries
and storage tanks, railways, develop, j
light,and buoy harbour^ construct wharves 1
and Jetties, tramways,roads,buildings,
machinery and telegraph apparatua of all
kinds in any part of the territory under
the control of the Sheikh so far as ra ay be
necessary for the purpose of their busi
ness.
Tne Company shall have right to
prospect for.collect and uee free anywhere
within the leased area,but not to export
or eell atone, gypsum, salt, eulpher.olay
wood and water, whether from rivers or ''
■w.'ngs. 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
- 16r, 19r, 37r:56v, 68r:86rv, 105r:124v, 127r:147v, 163r:184v, 195r, 210r
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