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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [216r] (431/720)
The record is made up of 1 file (358 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1941-15 Feb 1944. It was written in English. 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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CONFIDKNTIAt
PETROLEUM COKCSSSIONS LIMITED
BAHRAIK
SUMMARY OF OP^ \TIOMr FOR 1942
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v 0 XXa and Drilllnit
By tli® «na of ApriX 1942 the third test weXX
in the Dukhan area had reached a depth of approxi-
mateXy 7000 feet. Promising oil ahowe had been
obtained in Jfoe,l and 2, but No.3 was a disappointment.
There was no production in 1942. A certain
aaount of oil frons well Ko. 1 was used on road con*
struotion and maintenance necessary to the Company*a
exploration operations.
The preparation for No.4 well wae brought to an
end in June when the Company receiTed instructions to
suspend its operations.
*. 31&PENSION 0* ,,ATAK OPKOATXONS
On the 25th of June 1942, a copy of a telegram from
Mr. ?kliroe, Managing Director of Messr*. Petroleum
Development (Qatar) Limited, was received through 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, containing the information that
the Company would be ordered, through the Kon’ble the
Political Seeident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, to "safeguard ,, the
wells and thereafter close down operations at Qatar. The
telegram also intimated that 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.
would
be notifying the Ruler of Qatar of this compulsory suspension
of operations, in order to safeguard the Company’s position
from the point of view of its concession obligations. The
telegram also Included the Information that the Company
would continue to pay the annual concession payment and to
meet all the financial obligations applicable. In due
course and by the 23rd of July, the necessary steps (laid
down by the military authorities) had been taken uy the
Company to safeguard the wells, snd 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.
was in communication with the Ruler of Qatar with a view
to obtaining his formal recognition of the fact that owing
to conditions created by the war, thsre was justification
for suspension of operations in his territory. The Ruler
accepted the situation with resignation and appeared to
appreciate the Company’s difficulties. As was to be
expected, once he was assured that the concession payments
would continue, he demanded further assurances that other
minor facilities and benefits enjoyed by him personally as
a result of the Company’s operations must be continued.
It is understood that correspondence between the lolltical
Agent and the Ruler on these facilities etc. has held up
the "formal recognition" desired from the Ruler up to the
end of the year under report.
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■H C X L. i - —’
The next stage in the closure of Qatar was the order
received from the 10th Army through 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.
...
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Office, as well as the reports themselves.
Present within the file are the reports for the years 1940-43. Each Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. report contains a prose statement and sometimes statistics on all or most of the following subjects: Officers; Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifa Family; Bahrain Police; Local Affairs; Bahrain Petroleum Company; Agriculture; Municipalities; Customs; Public Works; Electric Department; Pearling Industry; Boatbuilding and Shipping; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Visits of British Notables; Visits of Foreign Notables; Visits of Arab Notables; Qatar; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Foreign Interests; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund; Accidents Within Port Limits; Education; Royal Air Force Levies; Economic; and Cable And Wireless Ltd. Each subject comes under its own sub-heading. Each report is signed by the officiating 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 the time of submission to 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. at Bushire.
Each report on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. contains information on all or most of the following subjects: Personnel; Trucial Shaikhs; British Interests; Tours; Aviation; Royal Navy; Shipping; Medical; Raids and Disturbances; Oil; The [Second World] War; Red Oxide; Pearling; Fighter Fund; Local Affairs; Royal Air Force Levies; Economics; Security; Population.
Preceding each report is correspondence 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. and the institutions and offices that provided reports and statistics for the final Administration Report. These include: Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; the Director of Customs and Port Officer; the Postmaster or sub-Postmaster of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; doctors and other employees of the American Mission Hospitals (men's and women's), the Victoria Memorial Hospital, and the Medical Department of the Bahrain Government; representatives of Bahrain Petroleum Company and Petroleum Concessions Ltd; the Political Officer at Sharjah; and representatives of The Eastern Bank and Cable and Wireless Ltd.
At the back of the file (folios 355-59) are internal office notes.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. A previous foliation, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/299
- Title
- 'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency'
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- 79r:92v, 147r:150v, 212r:218v, 327r:331v
- Author
- Packer, Ernest Vincent
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