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'B. 56. Confidential 86/14 - v. BAHRAIN UNALLOTED AREA.' [21r] (46/510)
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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If the Shaikh should at any date sub
sequent to the date of signature of this
Agreement grant to any other parties con
cessions or permits as aforesaid the Shaikh
undertakes that such concessions shall con
tain provisions requiring the holders thereof
to abstain from damaging, impeding or
interfering with the property, operations and
interests of the Company.
Provided always that nothing in this
Article shall be interpreted as debarring
the Company from drilling in, and winning
or removing oil from, any and every part
of the area covered by this present Con
cession.
ARTICLE 23. The Shaikh hereby
agrees that the Company may transfer the
obligations and benefits of this Agreement
to a British Company to be called
1 or
to any other Company registered within
the British Empire, provided that the consent
of the Shaikh and the approval of his
Britannic Majesty’s Government has first
been obtained to such transfer.
ARTICLE 24. Failure on the part of
the Company to fulfil any of the conditions
oi this Agreement shall not give the
Shaikh any claim against the Company or be
deemed a breach of this Agreement in so
far as such failure arises from force
majeure, and if through force majeure the
fulfilment by the Company of any of the
conditions of this Agreement be delayed
the period of such delay shall be added to
the periods fixed by this Agreement.
Force raajeure as used in this Ag
reement includes the Act of God, war,
insurrection, riot, civil commotion, tide,
storm, tidal wave, flood, lightning, explosion,
fire, earthquakes and any other happening
which the Company could not reasonably
prevent or control.
ARTICLE 25. The Shaikh shall not
hy general or special legislation or by
a ^istrative measures or by any other
ac l whatever annul this Agreement except
as Provided in Article 21.
No alteration shall be made in the
arn } s °* this Agreement by either the
^ *ikh or the Company except in the event
0 the Shaikh and the Company jointly
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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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