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'B. 56. Confidential 86/14 - v. BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA.' [14r] (32/510)
The record is made up of 1 volume (251 folios). It was created in 14 Feb 1939-2 Aug 1939. 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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ARTICLE 10. Within threi months after
the expiry of the calendar year in which the
Company has declared that oil has been
found in commercial quantities ( Article 9
hereof) and of each subsequent calendar
year, the Company shall deliver to the
Shaikh a statement of the amount of the
Substances won saved and exported during
the said calendar year and of the royalty
which is or might have been payable under
Article 4, hereof, together with a report
of its operations during the said year. The
Shaikh or his representative shall have the
right to check such returns and statements,
and all such returns and statements and
the reports of the Company’s operations
shall be treated as confidential by the Shaihk.
ARTICLE 11. (a) The Company shall
have the right to import water, and drill
for fresh water, within the Leased Area the
Substances, fuel, machinery, motorcars and
lorries, aircraft, equipment, plant, timber,
utensils, iron work, building materials, food
supplies, medicines, medical supplies, office
equipment and household furniture, and
other materials, equipment and goods of
whatsoever nature required by the Company
and its employees for the purpose of its
operations hereunder and to export the
Substances and articles previously imported
by the Company free of customs or export
duty and taxes or other charges, but it
shall pay on all personal goods, clothing
and general merchandise imported by the
Company for the personal use of its
employees or for resale to them the ordinary
duty in force for the time being in the
Leased Area
lb) The importation by the Company
of firearms and other weapons is prohibited,
except with the written permission of the
Shaikh.
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The volume comprises correspondence between 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven Fowle), 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 (Hugh Weightman), the 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. (Roland Tennyson Peel, John Percival Gibson), the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department (Sir Aubrey Metcalfe), the Shaikh of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah), Bahrain Petroleum Company (Hamilton R Ballantyne, Fred A Davies, Max W Thornburg), and Petroleum Concessions Limited (Frank Holmes, John Skliros) regarding the Shaikh of Bahrain’s proposal to grant a concession for the whole of the unallotted area, including the Hawar Islands, to the Bahrain Petroleum Company and His Majesty’s Government’s approval of the proposal.
Following on from the approval of the proposal to grant a concession to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) the correspondence focuses on discussion around the proposed agreement, to take the form of a deed of modification to BAPCO’s 1934 lease and the political agreement which would accompany the concession. The main areas of discussion including the definition of the area the concession would cover, and the need to include a pre-emption clause in the political agreement. Copies, in Arabic and English, of the draft deed of modification (ff 146-161, 170-180, 218-227) and draft political agreement (ff 133-139) are included in the volume.
Also discussed in the volume is the conclusion of the sovereignty question relating to the Hawar Islands following the submission by the Shaikh of Qatar (Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī) of a response to the counter-claims made by the Shaikh of Bahrain. On reviewing both claims and supporting evidence His Majesty’s Government's final decision was that islands belonged to Bahrain and not Qatar.
Also included in the volume are copies of draft concession agreements put forward by Petroleum Concessions Limited including one for the Hawar Islands (ff 8-26) and one for the waters and islands of Bahrain, described as the shoal area (ff 44-65).
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 242-248
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- 1 volume (251 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 253; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 6-241; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'B. 56. Confidential 86/14 - v. BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA.'
- Pages
- 8r:23v, 25r:26v, 44r:62v, 64r:65v, 133r:139v, 146r:161v, 170r:180v, 218r:227v
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