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'File 10/14 III Bahrain unallotted area' [75r] (158/636)
The record is made up of 1 file (316 folios). It was created in 6 Jul 1939-15 Mar 1943. It was written in English. 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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Gonfiden^iBl .
D,0.No•C/223-10/14 Dated the 19th Parch 1940.
.<111 you please Tet to the correspondence on the
subject oi the Bahrain Unallotted Area resting with the %?apers
^ forwarded with
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.
Printed letter fco* P.Z,620 dated
the 15th February 1940 ? .
As you v<ili see the problem of the pre-emption schedule
has now been advanced to the stage where the
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.
suggest that the Shaikh of Bahrain eight In certain circum
stances be advised (or required) to take over all crude oil
gotten under the Concession and all refinery products,
3., As you know I «at only too anxious to see the conclusion
os tnls question of the t/nallotteci /■r-'-a Concession, and all that
that involves, in the interests the Shaikh of Bahrain and,
as a corollary, of His iajesty's Qovernffient, It is therefore
only with trie greatest reluctance that I suggest that the
present proposal made by the
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.
ou^ht to be consider
ed in tr.e light of the Bahrain
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, Under that
Order la Council Jurisdiction over British subjects and foreign
ers and over their property is reserved to r.ajesty*
-uovi then can His Highness the Shaikh, whether advised or not
by His Majesty's Sovernmnt, '•take over" the crude oil won by
the Bahrain Petroleum :;ospany and its products ? fe'e ourselves
can do so quite simply and legally and I cannot help feeling
that the solution pro posed in my Express Letter !fo.C/532 ^'
dated the 10th September 1939 is the simplest way of doing it.
4% however you nay feel- that the whole discussion has so
He Honourable Lieutenant Colonel ^ /
C.G,Prior, C.I .e,,
'olitical Hesident in the Persian <5ulf,
BUSHIRE.
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The file contains notes of 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. meetings, correspondence and telegrams between the 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. , 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. , the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the negotiations for the oil concession over the 'Bahrain additional area', which includes islands, reefs and shoals. Of interest: various copies of the draft concession agreement, 'Additional Area Progress reports No. 5' (folios 58-62), 'Additional Area Progress reports No. 6' (folios 112-116). The deed between the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah and BAPCO was signed on 19 Jun 1940. Most of the documents after the deed are about drilling wells on the reefs. There's a map showing the area surrounding Manama titled 'Attachment to Letter FA-531' (folio 271).
There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah.
There are notes at the end of the volume (folios. 293-309).
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- 1 file (316 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 362-380). The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume.
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The main foliation is written in pencil, encircled and can be found in the top right. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1; then 2A, 2B, 2C; then 3-108; 109A and 109B; 110-274; 275A and 275B and carries on until 312, which is the last number given on the back cover of the volume. There is another foliation, not circled, running between folios 26-292.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2ar:2cv, 3r:7v, 18r:26v, 28r:35v, 41r:41v, 44r:49v, 52r:55v, 57r:57v, 64r:84v, 87r:91v, 110r:111v, 117r:118v, 122r:128v, 133r:144v, 146r:151v, 153r:159v, 170r:171v, 173r:180v, 184r:184v, 187r:194v, 198r:198v, 201r:201v, 209r:209v, 217r:219v, 222r:222v, 224r:237v, 240r:246v, 249r:249v, 251r:258v, 260r:267v, 275ar:275av, 280r:280v, 284r:311v, back-i
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