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Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [16r] (33/284)
The record is made up of 1 file (140 folios). It was created in 1932-Jul 1933. 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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. Majesty s Government agree that the Shaikh of Bahrein should not be
advised to consider the grant of an extended concession until the conditions mentioned
m paragraph 2 of your despatch have been fulfilled.
3. You will no doubt arrange for a reply to be returned to Major Holmes as
suggested in your despatch.
I am, &c.,
P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER.
3. Landing Grounds and Seaplane Station.
C. 98035/32 [No. 13].
No. 4,
The POLITICAL EESIDENT to the SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 8th April, 1932.)
(No. 9.) British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
and Consulate-General,
^ IR ' Bushire, 28th March, 1932.
With reference to paragraph 2 of Colonial Office despatch Confidential dated
the 22nd August, 1931,^ I have the honour to state that 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.
, Bahrein,
has reported that the buoys laid off the shore south-west (not south, as described in
Colonial Office letter dated the 9th October, 1930,t to the Eastern and General
Syndicate), of the aerodrome in Bahrein are no longer utilized and that the anchorage
now invariably used both by flying boats and seaplanes consists of two buoys in Khor
Khaliya due east of the Shaikh's palace.
I have, &c.,
H. V. BRISCOE,
Lieutenant-Colonel,
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.
.
C. 98035/32 [No. 15].
No. 5.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. D. DUNCAN SMITH.
[Answered hy No. 6.]
Sir , Downing Street, 25th April, 1932.
With reference to the letter from this Department of the 9th of October, 1930,t
I am directed by Secretary Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister to request you to inform the
Bahrein Petroleum Company, Limited, that the seaplane station originally selected,
and described in the letter under reference is now no longer in use, and that the
anchorage now used by flying boats and seaplanes consists of two buoys in Khor
Khaliya due east of the Shaikh's palace.
I am, &c,,
H. F. DOWNIE.
* No, 80 in Middle East No. 32.
f No. 71 in Middle East No. 32.
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This file contains copies correspondence regarding the granting of oil concessions in Bahrain and Kuwait.
The correspondence is a mixture of internal correspondence between British officials (from 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. , Colonial Office, Foreign Office and the Petroleum Department) and correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain and representatives from the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
The file is divided up as follows:
Bahrein [Bahrain]
1. Indenture between Shaikh of Bahrein and the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, dated 12th June, 1930. Conditions governing assignment of Concession to Bahrein Petroleum Company.
2. Eastern and General Syndicate's application for a further Concession in Bahrein.
3. Landing Grounds and Seaplane Station.
4. Areas covered by Prospecting Licence granted to Bahrein Petroleum Company on 28th November, 1931.
5. Employment of British Subjects by the Bahrein Petroleum Company.
6. Extension of Prospecting Licence granted to Bahrein Petroleum Company on 28th November, 1931.
7. Chief Local Representative of the Bahrein Petroleum Company
Kuwait
1. Applications of the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for an Oil Concession.
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- 1 file (140 folios)
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The file is divided up into two thematic sections. The correspondence within these sections is arranged chronologically. A table of contents is contained on folios 2-13
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Condition: A printed pamphlet with bound pages.
Foliation: the foliation sequence is written in pencil, circled, and is 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.
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- front-a, front-a-i, 1r:22r, 23r:30r, 33r:33v, 37r, 39r:44v, 47r, 49r:51v, 54r:55v, 57r:58r, 59r:72v, 73v:74v, 76r:79r, 80r:80v, 81v:85v, 86v:90r, 91r, 92r:120r, 122r:140v, back-a-i, back-a
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