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'B. 56. Confidential 86/14 - v. BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA.' [‎18r] (40/510)

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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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.echnical employees. The Company shall
jay to the workmen it employs a fair wage,
>uch wage to be decided and stated by the
Company at the time the workmen are
engaged.
ARTICLE 17. The Shaikh shall give
to the Company and its enmployees and
property all protection in his power from
theft, highway robbery, assault, wilful
damage and destruction,and the Company may
appoint in consultation with the Shaikh and
itself pay trustworthy guards who shall at
all times be subjects of the Shaikh unless
the Shaikh permits otherwise to assist in
protecting the property of the Company
and its employees. The Company shall erect
at its own expense suitable buildings for
the accommodation of such guards at such
places as the Company shall decide.
ARTICLE 18. In measuring the Sub
stances for purposes of royalty the factor
for conversion of the volume of oil into
weight shall be such figure as may be
determined and agreed upon between the
Shaikh and the Company after the discovery
of oil and the ascertainment of its specific
gravity.
The Company shall measure the Sub
stances by a method customarily used in good
technical practice and the Shaikh by his
representative duly authorised by him shall
have the right to observe such measuring
and to examine and test whatever applian
ces may be used for such measuring. Such
representative shall comply with all necess
ary and usual safeguards for the prevention
of fire and other accident; and shall maKe
all examinations and tests at such times and
in such manner as will cause the minimum of
interference with the company’s operations.
If upon such examination or testing any
such appliance shall be found to be out of
order the Company will cause the same to
be put in order at its own expense within
a rea sonable time, and if upon any such
examination aforesaid any error shall be
discovered in any such appliance, such
error shall - if the Shaikh so decides after
bearing the Company’s explanation - be
considered to have existed for Three(3)Calen-
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or from the last occasion of examining the
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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

Extent and format
1 volume (251 folios)
Arrangement

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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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