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'Oil Concessions' [236r] (500/700)
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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II
VIjE. In the event of the
Company failing to discover oil in sufficient
quantity they shall have the right to stop
work at their option and the Shaikh shall
have no, claim to any payment or compensadbicm
Similarly, in the event of the Company
failing to conform to the terms of this
Agreement, the Shaikh acting on the advice
of 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.
, has the right to
terminate the Agreement provided that in
default of agreement on this question either
party shall have the right to demand that
the question at issue shall be submitted to
arbitration as provided in Article IX below.
Article VIII . The Shaikh solemnly
that
declares^/he will carry out all the conditions
of this contract willingly and faithfully ,
and that he and his heirs and successors
shall be its guarantors and shall accept
full responsibility for any claims by any
persons questioning the validity of any
stipulation on this account.
This contract cannot be cancelled
except as provided above and shall remain
in force for the period of the Company's
concession, or any extension or renewal
thereof.
Article IX . In the event of there
arising between the parties to the present
concession any dispute or difference in
respect of its interpretation or the rights
or
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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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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/96
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- 'Oil Concessions'
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- 233r:251v, 281r:299v
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