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'Oil Concessions' [170r] (348/734)
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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j rxviiepoa to be enjoyed by the
Company under the Exploration licence.
X. Free access for their Agents
and servants necessarily employed by
tn latter to all parts of the public
tsrritory under the control of the
bhoikh, saving only saclred buildings,
shrines and graveyards. The Shaikh
also recognises that the Company has
I the right to acquire all anet and any
other lands and buildings necessary for
said purpose v .ith the consent of the
proprietors on such conditions as may
bo arranged between the Company and
the s. id proprietors without their
being allowed to make demands of a na
ture to surcharge the prices ordinarily
current for lands and buildings situates
I in their respective localities.
IX* Free use of vater for domestic
purposes for the above mentioned Agents
and servants.
III. free use of fuel lying on waste
lands the property of the Shaikh for
the same.
IV. The right to purchase fuel and
footl supplies of every kind for man and
beast being the private property of the
Shaikh's subjects, at current market
rates, which rate in default of agree
ment butv.ucm the parties shall be ilxed
by the Shaikh or his .gents, subject to
the right of the company to sqej?
appeal to the British Political
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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
- 16r, 19r, 37r:56v, 68r:86rv, 105r:124v, 127r:147v, 163r:184v, 195r, 210r
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