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'Oil Concessions' [204r] (416/734)
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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•f 1928.
Political Ageiioy, Bsdar&in.
The 17th I)«Ottmb«r 1928o
Li«ut-C«l«nttl G.C.J.Barrett, C .8 .I., C .1 .E, g
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.
, Bakrain,
TJae Under Secretary te tJUe
Hen*ble tiie Pelitical Heaident
in tiie
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Buahire.
Subject. - friHEtiwIK OIL CQHC^SSIQH.
Sir. //f3
I have the heneur t# refer te yeur letter
He. 444 S ef 8th December.
2, An agreement was signed en the 2nd December
1925 between Shaikh Hamad Deputy Kuler ef Bahrain and
Majer Frank Holmes, en behalf ef the Eastern and
General Syndicate, whereby the Syndicate was granted an ,
Exclusive Ixpleratien License fer a period not
2 years. This period expired on 1st December 1927 but
at the request of Major Holmes, Shaikh Hiamad acting on
the advice of the Political Hesident extended it for
another year.
J In accordance with the terms of Article
VI of the agreement the Eastern and General Syndicate
paid the Bahrain State a sum of Rs 20,000 for the
original exploration license, the Eastern BanJk^ahrain
have paid the State a further sum of Rs 10,000 on 2nd
December of this year^presumably in anticipation of
Shaikh Hamadapproval of the grant of a further ox
"tension of their exploration license, although the
•bject has not boon stated.
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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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- 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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