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'Oil Concessions' [122r] (252/734)
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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year in which the Ooapany continuec^wtyi'k,
bo^inlng with the year after the date on
III
which the Corapany shall have declared
that oil has been found in commercially
exploitable quantitieB, In the event of
tlie Fhelkh acting under the advice of the
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 G-ulf
disputing the Company' h decision as to
the commercial exploitation the Company
hereby undertakes its readiness to submit
the matter to arbitration as provided in
Article XXV.
Article X. ilSI
The Company shall carry on work
within the leased area with all proper
zeal and diligence and shall maintain at
least two ritifl in continuous operation,
except In so far as they may be prevented
by causes beyond their control. In the
event of the Company failing within five
years of the commencement of this lease
to declare that Oil has been found in
com.aerclally exploitable quantities^the
Sheikh shall have the power to call upon
the Company either to givo forthwith the
declaration mentioned in the present
Article or to abandon the lease.
Article XI.
In the event of the Company
failing within six months of the end of
any calendar year to pay to the SheIkh the
royalties due in respect of that calendar
year or failing, save for causes beyond
their control, to carr^jf out their obli
gations unuer this lease, the Sheikh shall
have the power to terminate the lease in
il
k
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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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