'File 10/1 XIII Bahrain Oil Concession' [‎261r] (534/640)

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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