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'Oil Concessions' [338r] (685/734)
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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country# He eventually agreed, however,
that the proposal \ms not unreasonable and undertook
to endeavour to secure Ite acceptance by his
nerican friends.
Both I"r•Jenaon and Major Holmes considered
t at It would be difficult, if, indeed, not impossible,
to secure the assent of their American friends to
the suggestion that the local General Manager and
the whole of the local staff, with certain exceptions
to be agreed upon between the parties, should be at
all tines British subjects or subjects of the
Shaikh of Bahrein, American oil magnates had a very
low opinion of British directing staff and were
likely to desire to employ American subjects as their
local technical staff. Their American friends
attached such importance to the retention in the
hands of r nerioan engineers of the control of the
technical work to be carried out in Bahrein that,
although they night be prepared to agree to the
appointment of a British subject as their local
General -fanager, they were unlikely to agree that more
than a small proportion of their local technical
staff should be British subjects. Insirtrnoo on the
acceptance of the condition proposed might result
in the refusal of their American friends to
participate in the operation of the Concession
vith the result that the cil resources of Bahrein would
not at present be exploited. After some discussion
the representatives of the Syndicate agreed that ii
the condition in question could be amended by the
omission of the words "the whole the local staff,
with
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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