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'File 10/1 XIII Bahrain Oil Concession' [71r] (156/640)
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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No: C/ r, -10/l.
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, the ^nd January It36.
From:-
Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon loch, C.I.E.,
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:-
ITlie /cvlser
to the Bahrain Government
Bi hrain
Sir,
P'i
I have the honour to enclose a blue print shov/ing a
strip of lar^ described below, which The Bahrain Petroleum
Coapany vfish to reserve under the provisions of Articles I and
II of the Mining Lease dated the S9th December 1~34.
2. The follovring ir, the description of the centre line
of an eighty foot wide strip of land,flying ecually on either
side of the line, which runs from the proposed refinery to the
Sitrah Loading Terminal:-
Beginning at a point in the Easterly line of
the refinery, from which point the highest
point of Jabal rukhan bears South 35° 53 1
■ est 35596 feet
thence North 60° 00 1 East 5.5 feet;
thence North 42° 50 1 East 7563 feet to
a point from whdch a prominent corner in a long
: tone wall marking the easterly line of the
village of Malamir bears approximately North
58° ^3 f Vest ^074 feet, more or less
thence North 41° 30 1 East 3757 feet;
thence approximately North 26° 16 1 west,
TO* more or less, to a point in the sDuth-easterly
line of the Sitra ^oading Terminal, from Thich
point the centre of an existing steel tank known
as No:85-3 bears 4° East 185 feet.
3. The ^om any understand fchat this right of way crosses
two private properties, and request that they may be informed
if their information is correct in order to enable them to take
necessary action as required by paragraph 3 of Article II of the
fining Lease.
4. The Coitt ny further state that the first pipe lines
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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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- 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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