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'Oil Concessions' [‎106r] (236/700)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (345 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1922-31 May 1927. 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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prom ^ Shaikh Hamad "ben Isa , C .S.I. , •J
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fully empowered agent of the Shaikh ot Bahrain.
To - The Hon'ble Lieut-Col. S .G-oKnox, CcS .l,, C .l.E.,
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. .
No. 54. Dated 26th Zil-qadeh 1341 (11th July 1^23),
I received your esteemed letter No. J.6 j, dated 26th
Shawwal 1341 corresponding to 12th June 1923} ijnderstood
what you mentioned at)out the Kerosine Oil.
Firstly , my dear friend ? you stated that I should inforn
Major Holmes about that concession® 1 do not c onsider it
proper on my part to cancel an agreement which I made without
any reason on the part of Major Holmes. as it has ^een
stipulated in the agreement that it should fee approved by
the High British Government, undoubtedly the Government is
able to prevent Major Holmes if she wishes to do so.
Secondly, you have r emarked about the promise given by
my father to Major Trevor in his letter dated i3the Jamadi
II , 1332. We relied upon the condition laid down in the
agreement that it would never be executed except by the
approval of the High British Government. In my option
this is about our aforesaid letter. If any
thing had hap ened it has ^een done unintentionally,

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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; Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd); Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo [Kānū]; Major Frank Holmes of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited; and various representatives and employees of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, including Arnold Talbot Wilson, J B Mackie, J E Shuckburgh and T L Jacks.

The correspondence concerns the initiation of negotiations for oil concessions between the Shaikhs of Bahrain, Kuwait and Ibn Sa‘ūd, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, as well as subsequent correspondence concerning exploration for oil. Within the correspondence are various draft and signed oil concessions documents, including a signed copy of the oil concession agreement in Arabic and English between Shaikh Ḥamad and Major Frank Holmes of Eastern and Syndicate Limited, dated 2 December 1925 (ff. 281-299).

Towards the end of the file there is correspondence concerning a dispute between Major Frank Holmes and Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo relating to the rights for boring water wells in Bahrain vis-à-vis the 1925 oil concession agreement.

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1 volume (345 folios)
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the 3rd sheet and terminates at the sixth sheet from the back of the volume; these numbers are written in blue crayon with additions and corrections made using pencil, they are circled (except between ff. 199-270) and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except between ff. 286-299 where they can be found in the top centre).

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