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'File 10/1 XIII Bahrain Oil Concession' [57r] (128/640)
The record is made up of 1 file (318 folios). It was created in 19 Oct 1935-14 Aug 1936. 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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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Department,
'id antUI .
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
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P' ' expeditious than the ordinary mail and is cheaper thin the telegraph. It is intended to be Mated,
on receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been tele raphed. To save time and to obviate
formalities it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is authenticated by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department.] *
No.
To
XX
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10
December,
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PolltleFl Resident,
Bushire.
Secretary of State for lndl& 9 London.
Crorernment of IikUp , Hew Delhi*
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folitic-'l Agent, Bahrali
Reference correjK^ondence ending with Indiff Office
printed Letter Ko.8398/36 of 22nd KoTember 1935.
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2. I enclose copy of letter «o.2157.29/l3 of 9th December
^ 1935 from the
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.
, Bahrain, to the Chief Local
RepresentatlTe, The Bahrain Petroleuia Comp ny
Subsequently ,with regard to the Is at paragraph of Colonel
i och's letter, the Chief Local P.epreeentatlve stated that
these men were In addilloa to •njr British subjects who wers
coming but ^s yet he ha^ had no inforaiation regarding exact
number coming from British Isles.
♦
3. 1 enclose r table which gives the numbers of American
and British employees efter the latest additions oi personnel
have /
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MFP 1013S&P— (M-1323)—30-10-33-—10,(XX).
(Signature)
(Desiijnation)
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- Content
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the 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. in Bahrain, 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. in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the pipe line to be built between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and on the unallotted area in Bahrain.
The volume includes:
- newspaper cuttings on the development of the oil industry in Bahrain;
- draft supplemental deed to modify the mining lease (three copies on ff. 50-54; 62-66;168-172);
- abstract of accounts and statement of royalty for the second semester of 1935 (f. 126);
- supplemental deed to modify the mining lease between BAPCO and the Sheikh of Bahrain, with seal of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff. 180-183).
- refinery delivery tickets;
- newspaper extract on the merger between Texas Corporation and Standard Oil of California to market Bahrain oil products (ff. 228-230).
There are maps within the volume:
- blueprint map of 'PROPOSED RESERVATION OF 80 FT. WIDE STRIP OF LAND FROM REFINERY TO SITRAH.' (f. 69);
- blueprint map with handwritten notes of 'PROPOSED RESERVATION FOR REFINERY, WATER WELLS AND LINES TO SITRA' (f. 88);
- 'GENERAL MAP, BAHRAIN ISLAND, PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (f. 145A);
- 'Map of the Near and Middle East Showing the Intense Development in Progress' from 'PETROLEUM TIMES', 22 February 1936 (f. 151).
There are letters in Arabic, to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah.
There are notes at the end of the volume (ff. 292-310).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (318 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mainly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume (folios 292-310). The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is in pencil in top right corner. The numbering starts on first page with writing (4th folio in volume) with 1a,1b; then 2-72; 73A,73B; 74-87; 88, 88A; 102A,102B; 103-190; 191-196 are missing or skipped; and then it carries on until 310, which is the last number given on the last page of writing (4 blank pages at the end of the volume). An additional foliation sequence, since crossed out, starts with 52 on folio 231.
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- IOR/R/15/2/400
- Title
- 'File 10/1 XIII Bahrain Oil Concession'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1ar:1av, 1dr:1dv, 2r:2v, 4v, 5v:6v, 7v, 8v, 9v:14v, 17v:18v, 19v, 20v, 21v:29v, 30v:33v, 34v, 35v, 36v, 37v:44v, 45v, 46v, 47v, 48v:49v, 51v, 54v:61v, 63v, 67v, 68v, 69v:72v, 73ar:73bv, 74r:79v, 80v:84v, 87v, 88av, 88r:93v, 94v, 95v, 96v:98v, 100v:101v, 102ar:102bv, 103r:108v, 110v, 115v:121v, 122v:124v, 126v:131v, 132v:134v, 135v, 137v, 144v, 145v, 145ar:145av, 146r:149v, 152v:155v, 156v:161v, 162v, 163v:164v, 165v:166v, 167v:168v, 172v:174v, 175v:177v, 178v:186v, 187v, 188v:190v, 197v:208v, 209v:210v, 211v, 212ar:212av, 213r:216v, 221v:224v, 227v, 230v:239v, 240v, 241v:242r, 243r:243v, 255v:263v, 265v:267v, 270v:271v, 272v, 279v:310v, iv-r:vi-v, 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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