File 2794/1921 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Bahrain' [‎34v] (79/949)

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the oil concession in Bahrain. Also included are some article cuttings (folio 338 and folio 344) from petroleum industry newspapers.

The discussion in the volume relates to the wording and legal interpretation of the Bahrain Mining lease, including various drafts and amendments; the file includes an annotated printed draft (ff 105-112). Discussion between British officials concerns: relationships with the American oil company and the United States Government, issues such as pre-emption in time of war to gain access to the oil, and British control clauses of subsidiary companies.

The volume includes correspondence between the solicitor to the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (Hamilton R Ballantyne) and officials 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. .

Included in the volume (folio 83) is a map entitled 'Map Showing Selection By The Bahrein Petroleum Company Under Concession Dated December 2nd 1925', prepared by Alexander Gibb and Partners (Consulting Engineers).

The principal correspondents in the volume are: 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; 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 Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office; Petroleum Department (Frank Gregory Starling); solicitor for the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (Hamilton R Ballantyne); the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave).

The volume 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.

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/989-1005. The 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 volumes; parts 7, 8 and 9 comprise the eleventh volume; part 10 comprises the twelfth volume; part 12 comprises the thirteenth volume; part 14 comprises the fourteenth volume, part 15 comprises the fifteenth volume; part 16 comprises the sixteenth volume; part 17 comprises the seventeenth volume. There are no parts 11 and 13.

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 453; 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. A previous foliation sequence between ff 115-453, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.