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Concessions in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kuwait, &c: correspondence, 1932-Jul 1933 (Colonial Office Secret Print, Middle East No.49) [109r] (219/284)
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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the Company then in Kuwait territory for the purposes of this Agreement shall then
but on no, other grounds save as provided in Article 8 above become the property of
the Shaikh without payment. In the event of the Oompany failing to make the declara
tion provided in Article 4 (A) {d) hereof on or before the Agreement date in 1941
the Shaikh shall have the power to call upon the Company either to make the declara
tion forthwith or to surrender all rights under this Agreement which shall then
terminate.
Article 12. With the approval of the Shaikh acting on the advice of the Political
Resident the Company may transfer the obligations and benefits of this Agreement to
any British Company.
Article 13. The Company shall have the right at any time after the termination
of the drilling years to give the Shaikh one year's notice in advance to terminate
this Agreement, and the Company shall on expiry of such notice have no further
liabilities hereunder after making due payment of all moneys due to the Shaikh up
to the date of termination.
Article 14. Nothing in this Agreement shall be read as restricting in any way
the right of the Shaikh to grant to other parties concessions for substances other than
petroleum, provided that the operations and rights of the Company hereunder' are not
thereby injuriously affected.
Article 15. No failure or omission on the part of the Company to carry out or
perform any of the conditions of this Agreement shall give the Shaikh any claim
against the Company or be deemed a breach of this Agreement in so far as the same
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,
together with such period as may be necessary for the restoration of any damage
done during such delay, shall be added to the periods fixed by this Agreement.
Article 16. In the event of there arising between the Shaikh and the Company
any dispute or difference in respect of the interpretation of this Agreement or the
rights or responsibilities of the Shaikh or of the Company therefrom resulting, such
dispute or difference shall be submitted to two arbitrators one of whom shall be named
by the Shaikh and one by the Company and to an umpire who shall be appointed
by the arbitrators before they proceed to arbitrate.
The decision of the arbitrators, or in the event of disagreement between the
arbitrators the decision of the umpire, shall be final.
Article 17. This Agreement is written in English and translated into Arabic. If
there should at any time be disagreement as to the meaning or interpretation of any
clause in this Agreement the English text shall be regarded as binding.
In witness whereof the partes to this Agreement have set their hands the day
and year first above written.
Shaikh of Kuwait. On behalf of the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company, Limited .
In the presence of In the presence of
C. 98026/32 [No. 209].
No. 209.
MR. J. G. LAITHWAITE (
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.
)
to
MR. S. I. JAMES (Colonial Office).
Dear James ,
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.
, Whitehall, S.W.I, 12th January, 1933.
With reference to the private and personal telegram from the Secretary of
State for the Colonies to 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.
dated 30th December* (vour Confidential
* No. 206.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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