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Coll 30/123 'Bahrain (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.' [112r] (223/801)
The record is made up of 1 file (398 folios). It was created in 24 Oct 1935-18 May 1938. 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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TELEPHONE : NATIONAL 3582
TELEGRAMS :
* INLAND : PETCONCESS, FINSQUARE, LONDON
FOREIGN : PETCONCESS, LONDON
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BENTLEY'S COMPLETE PHRASE WITH OIL SUPPLEMENT
LOMBARD
PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED
DIRECTORS :
Sir John Cadman,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
(Chairman)
A. Agnew, C.B.E.
R. Cayrol^’ - '^., D.S.C. (French)
W. Fraser, i.
C. S. Gulber. -ian (formerly Armenian)
J. B. A. Kessler (Dutch)
L. M. Lefroy
J. A. Meny (French)
H. G. Seidel (U.S.A.)
R. W. Sellers
J. Skliros
PC. 26/452
CITY-GATE HOUSE
FINSBURY SQUARE
LONDON
l6th August 1937•
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Dear Mr. Walton,
As you know, we were desirous some months ago
of obtaining a concession for the unallotted portion of
the Bahrain Group of islands. We appeared to be on the
point of obtaining this when the Shaikh requested a post
ponement of negotiations for twelve months, owing to the
difference which had arisen between him and the Shaikh of
Qatar regarding
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
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Inf ormati on now reaches from Bahrain to the
effect that the Shaikh would.- in,.ajl probability be willing to
give us all the unallotted territory, on terras already
substantially agreed between him and Major Holmes, acting on
our behalf, provided that a clause be inserted in the
concession agreement that n no effort would be made to develop
the oil resources of the
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
area".
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
is, of course, on the mainland of Qatar
and therefore included in our Qatar concession. As
have ratified that concession (with its description of the
area covered, and its map attached) we assume your view to be
that
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
is part of the territory already granted us by
the Shaikh of Qatar. Thus if we give the undertaking now
asked for by the Shaikh of Bahrain we should appear to be
asking for the same territory twice over, and also, .by
implication, admitting the. B Jirain claim to
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, which
would be hotly’’Tesehted by the .Shaikh of Qatar.
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The file concerns negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) over oil concession rights in the Bahrain Unallotted Area (also referred to as the Additional Area), i.e. those parts of Bahrain territory not forming part of the concession awarded to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in 1925. The negotiations principally concerned Muharraq Island and an area around the other islands to the north of Bahrain, and the sea area to the east of Bahrain, including Fasht Dibal [Fasht ad Dībal] and the Hawar Islands.
The papers include: maps of Bahrain and proposed concession areas; draft PCL concession, 1936 (folios 361-374); minutes of meetings at 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. ; negotiations with BAPCO over a counter-offer for the Unallotted area; the attitude of Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain, to the negotiations, including correspondence from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave; discussions over the status of the Hawar Islands; Admiralty, Colonial Office, and Foreign Office papers concerning territorial waters, and submarine boring for oil (folios 221-225); Petroleum Department letter concerning the financial implications of the rival bids (folios 196-197); proposals to split the Additional Area between the two companies, including Belgrave's view that it would be of greater benefit to the Shaikh to have two companies working in Bahrain (folio 161); the role in the negotiations of Frank Holmes; the Ruler of Bahrain's wish to postpone discussion of the concession for a year on account of a dispute over the status of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. , May 1937 (folios 124, 112); a suggestion by 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. , Bahrain that the Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. problem could be solved by allowing the shaikhs of Bahrain to hold Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. as their personal property (folio 102); draft PCL concession, 1938, and copy of the 1925 oil concession (folios 58-85); and suggestions of British Government support for the PCL bid (folios 9-15).
The Arabic language content of the papers consists of the bilingual Arabic and English text of the draft concession agreement of 1938, and correspondence (with English translation) from the Ruler of Bahrain.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (398 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 400; 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.
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- Coll 30/123 'Bahrain (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
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- 19r:19v, 45r:45v, 112r:113v, 157r:157v
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- Longrigg, Stephen Hemsley
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