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'Oil Concessions' [314r] (637/734)
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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recognissd ctiannel of coHununioaliioii between the Company ^
and His Majesty»s Government in the United Kingdom.
It was also agreed that if the Company was to remain
registered in Canada and to "be presided over by the
Cliainnan of the American group as was proposed, it would
be difficult for His Majesty's Government to insist that
the Chairman and the Managing Director (if any) of the
Company should be British subjects. It was suggested,
tiowevar, that if his Majesty's Government agreed to waive
this condition, and to the Appointment of one British
Dirscuor only out 01 five as proposed by the American
group instead of the larger proportion originally proposal,
the American group should be requested to agree that the
British member of the Board of Directors of the Company
should be nominated by His Majesty's Government in Canada
in consultation with His Majesty's Government in Uhe United
Kingdom, and that his salary as Director should be
provided by the Company.
With regard to the question of the local employees
of the Company other than their chief representative in
Bahrein, it was agreed that the formula originally suggested
by the Colonial Office was preferable to the alternative
suggested by the American group, and should be insisted upon
It was agreed that the Colonial Office should
endeavour to obtain the concurrence of the other interested
Departments of His Majesty's Government in the revised
conditions now proposed, and, when this had been done,
should commuincate those conditions to the Syndicate by
letter with a full explanation of the reasons which
ie.idered ne G Q ssary insistence upon condition (d).
The representative of the Syndicate expressed the
pe if> as appeared to be the case, the modifications
tentatively suggested represented the extreme limit of the
Co n.jessions which His Majesty's Government were prepared to
it would be made clear in the letter communicating
revised conditions that His Majesty's Government woula
0t Prepared to consider any further modification
of
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence