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File 2794/1921 Pt 10 'Oil. Persian Gulf. Bahrain. Refinery at Bahrain.' [85v] (170/547)
The record is made up of 1 file (272 folios). It was created in 1933-1938. 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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gain for the Sheikh.
The refinery will deal not only, nor perhaps
mainly, with Bahrein oil, bat also with crade oil imported
from the California Coy.’s Hasa concession. This will be
exempted from .import duty on entry into Bahrein, bat the Coy.
have agreed that daty shoald be paid on crade oil or its
prodacts imported into Bahrein for consamption there, -hey
bae also agreed to an amendment of Art. VII(a) of the lease.
This article, which provides for a royalty of Rs.S^ per ton
of net crade oil got and saved, excepts from sach royalty
"oil repaired for the castomary operations of the Coy.’s
installations in the Sheikh’s territories". It is proposed tjo
amend this article so as to provide that Bahrein oil ased for
the parpose of working the refinery will not be excepted from
royalty.
The main lines of the proposal for the erection oi
a refinery were discassed by 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 a
preliminary way with the Sheikh on 1st October, and stated ir| a
letter to the Sheikh of 2nd October (see Resident's express
letter of 12th October). The Sheikh is prepared to give the
general exemption from taxation which is asked for, subject to
theTxception of certain small specific taxes, to which the
nfy. are ready to agree (Mr. Ballantyne's letter of 4th
November). The Sheikh had also asked that the Coy. shoald b^>
reminded of Art. XVII of the lease, which provides that as many
_ of the employees as is consistent with the efficient carryms I
on of the Coy.'s undertaking in Bahrein shall at all times b.
i British subjects or subjects of the Sheitti. ce also, in
agreed to the ot torolgn oU on Bahre*. expros.qd
tte that the quantity ot otl ptodoo.d m Bahrein ehoald
not diminish. It is obviously im^osibl. to B«e “i
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The file contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The principal correspondents in the file are 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. ; 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. in Bahrain; the Chief Local Representative in Bahrain for BAPCO; and British Government 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. and Petroleum/Mining Department in London.
Key subjects discussed in the file include drafts for the modification of the articles of the lease. The file includes the deed of a modification of the lease between the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah) and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (folio 15), as well as a map showing the area selected by BAPCO under the 1925 concession (folio 392).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (272 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 2794 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Oil) consists of seventeen files and volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/989-1005. The files and volumes are divided into eighteen parts as follows: parts 1 and 2 comprise one volume; part 3 comprises the second volume; part 3A comprises the third volume; part 3B comprises the fourth volume; part 4 comprises the fifth volume; parts 5 and 5A comprise the sixth volume; part 6 comprises the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth files and volumes; parts 7, 8 and 9 comprise the eleventh volume; part 10 comprises the twelfth file; part 12 comprises the thirteenth file; part 14 comprises the fourteenth volume, part 15 comprises the fifteenth volume; part 16 comprises the sixteenth file; part 17 comprises the seventeenth volume. There are no parts 11 and 13.
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Foliation: the file is contained within an envelope. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front of the envelope with 1, continues at the inside front cover of the file with 2, and terminates at the last folio with 273; 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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- Title
- File 2794/1921 Pt 10 'Oil. Persian Gulf. Bahrain. Refinery at Bahrain.'
- Pages
- front-a, back-a, front, front-i, 3r:9v, 17r:17v, 19r:19v, 21r:22v, 24r:28v, 30r:33v, 39r:57v, 59r:59v, 66r:67v, 69r:74v, 80r:82v, 85r:87v, 88v:102v, 111r:125v, 127r:154v, 160r:188v, 195r:225v, 230r:232v, 238r:238v, 241r:254v, 256r:256v, 258r:260v, 262r:263v, 265r:273r, back-i, back
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