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'Oil Concessions' [332r] (673/734)
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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onifyreasonable and therefore the proper interpretation
to be placed upon the words n on application either
after the expiry of or during the course of tho
period of the exploration licence" was «on
application during the period of the exploration
licence or upon its expiry, n
If that were so it could be argued that
the exploration licence granted to the Syndicate had
expired on the 1st of December, 19S8, and had not
so far been extended or renewed, and that as the
Syndicate had not applied either before or upon that
date for the grant of a prospecting licence, they were
not now entitled to claia such a licence and their
Concession had lapsed. In that case it night be
said that Kir Majesty 1 s Government were in a
position to itapese upon the Syndicate any conditions
which they might wish before agreeing to recommend
the Sheildj to renew the Syndicated exploration
licence for a further period of one year froa the ^.d
of December, !&'£. If the Syndicate refused to
accept these conditions and claimed, in accordance
with the ter -S3of their Con eesion, th t the
question should be referred to arbitration, the
position of tho Sheikh and of His Majesty's Government
in the matter could however, in Ir.Bushefcs view,
hardly be said to be unassailable.
Although there was no express provision
in the Oonoonsion vshich would entitle the Sheilch to
refuse to agree to the renewal of the exploration
licence '{seroly because the oyndicste * s t ir^hts under
the Conoesnion had been transferred to American
interests
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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
- 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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