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'His Excellency SHEIKH HAMAD BIN SHEIKH ISSA AL KHALIFAH SHEIKH of BAHREIN AND THE BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED. LEASE [COPY]' [4r] (7/20)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 29 Dec 1934. 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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deducted by the Company from any sums
due to the Sheikh by the Company.
The number of guards at any place
where the Company may operate shall be
fixed by the Company.
It shall be the duty of the above-men
tioned head of the guard to keep order in
the areas in his charge to such extent as
the Company may order him, he shall
have no right to interfere in any disputes
among the Company’s servants unless
asked by the Company to do so.
The Company hereby agree that so
long as the provisions of Bahrein Orders
in Council 1913 and 1922, or any Order in
consolidation thereof or in substitution
therefor or supplementary thereto, remain
in force, and jurisdiction over certain
foreigners in the State of Bahrein is exer
cised by His Britannic Majesty, the
provisions in the second paragraph of this
Article V shall not apply in respect to
commissions of any acts of theft or damage
by any person (1) if, on such person being
arrested, it is found that he is a foreigner
over whom jurisdiction exercised by His
Britannic Majesty under the said Orders
in Council has been extended, or (2) if, in
the event of no arrests being made, it is
proved to the satisfaction of the Company,
or if necessary, 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.
, that
the offender is such a foreigner as above
mentioned, and that he has left the
territory governed by the Sheikh and has
not to the knowledge of the Sheikh or his
officials returned thereto, and that no
arrest could therefore be made.
Article VI.
IN case of misconduct the said guards
are subject to dismissal or fine by the
Company. In the event of any heavier
punishment being needed, the offender
shall be handed over to the representative
of the Sheikh, and the Sheikh undertakes
that punishment shall be inflicted and to
use his utmost endeavours to uphold the
authority of the Company’s employees,
thereby avoiding unnecessary troubles to
both parties to this lease.
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The file is a copy of a commercial lease between Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Sheikh of Bahrein, and the Bahrein Petroleum Company, in which the Sheikh grants to the company the exclusive right for fifty-five years to drill for, extract, treat, refine, and deal with petroleum products and natural gas within the portion of Bahrain Island delineated on the accompanying map.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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