File 12/9 Visits to Bahrain of government officials and others [252r] (508/578)
The record is made up of 1 volume (285 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1935-6 Aug 1940. 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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eEtinxited at a minimuin of fifteen years and nay prove to be
from thirty to forty* The refinery treats 20,000 barrels a
day from the Bahrain field and another 10,000 to 12,000
barrels a day shipped from the oil company operating on the
mainland*
18* ihe refining process at Bahrin differs from that in
operation at Abadan and Khanacjin and produces a petroleum
coke ae a by-product* This has not as yet been marketed
and a dump of about 150,000 tons has been accumulated* It
appears to be excellent fuel and it occurred to me that a
F^arket might be found in Iraq where ordinary coal is almost
prohibitively expensive costing from £ 6 to £ 8 a ton* i
am enquiring whether meanwhile some of it can be made
available for consumption in the grates of diplomatic
households in Bagdad including my own.
BAHRAIN A ND THE COAST OF HASA .
19. On the following day Mr.Weightman, Mr. Man and I
crossed from Bahrain in a large motor launch lent by the
Shaikh to see an oilfield opened up by the California Arabia
Standard Oil Company on the mainland* After rather a rough
voyage of tv/o hours we landed at Al Khobar, the small port
for the main oil camp at Dhahran located on an elevation
about five miles distant. We were accompanied by Saiyid Abdul
Aziz al Quosaibi who owns extensive date plantations on the
mainland near Qatif and was acting as a kind of unofficial
Saudi escort. His occasional attempts to obtain official
recognition as a Saudi representative in Bahrain are not
encouraged but his action in accompanying us on the present
occasion was regarded as a civility to which Mr.Weightman
saw no reason to object* At Al Khobar we were received by
a guard of honour and various Saudi officials who were most
polite and friendly. Our hosts were the California Arabia
Standard Oil Company and its most hospitable manager Mr.
/ Floyd
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The volume contains correspondence sent and received by 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. at Bahrain regarding the arrangements and programmes for visits to Bahrain of the following:
- the Minister at Jedda, Sir Andrew Ryan, visiting the Gulf;
- 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. at Kuwait;
- Mr Rendel of the Foreign Office;
- Dr Pawelke, Secretary to the German legation in Baghdad;
- Mr Loxle;
- the British Ministry at Tehran, Mr and Mrs Seymour, visiting Qatar and Bahrain;
- Princess Alice and Earl of Athlone, on a private visit to Ibn Saud and to Bahrain, Qatar and to the California-Arabian Standard Oil (CASOC) oil camp at Al Khobar;
- the British Ministry in Jedda, Sir Reader Bullard;
- the British Ambassador at Baghdad, Sir Basil Cochrane Newton visiting Bahrain, Dubai, Muscat and CASOC at Dharhan (account of his tour on folios 246-256);
- Emir Saud [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd] visiting Baghdad;
- the Officers of the Geological Survey of India visiting the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The documents in the volume are mainly in English. There is correspondence in Arabic with English translations, with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim Al Thani, Ruler of Qatar, and the Government of Saudi Arabia at Al Khobar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (285 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 260-283. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 , and terminates at the inside back cover with 287; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present between ff 5-259 and ff 260-283 respectively. These numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:24v, 27r:43v, 46r:63v, 64v:67v, 68v:131v, 132v:155v, 158r:162v, 165r:168v, 170r:170v, 171v:173v, 176r:187v, 188v:202v, 203v:217v, 218v:224v, 227r:227v, 231r:234v, 236r:287r
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