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481. IOR/L/PS/12/3855

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3855
Title:
Coll 30/123(3) 'Bahrein (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with the Bahrain Petroleum Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file title has been amended from 'Petroleum Concessions Ltd' to read 'the Bahrain Petroleum Company'. The file concerns negotiations between the Government of Bahrain and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), which resulted in the Company receiving exclusive oil concession rights over the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1939-6 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (547 folios)

482. IOR/L/PS/12/3869

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3869
Title:
Coll 30/135 'Bahrein: Production of oil - Royalty, Gauging, etc.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns general matters relating to the operations of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Bahrain. The papers mostly consist of correspondence from the company, with correspondence and minutes produced by the India Office and other British officials, including the Political Agent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1936-19 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (227 folios)

483. IOR/L/PS/12/3873

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3873
Title:
Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting of the Dubai Oil Concession commercial agreement between the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Said bin Maktum Al-Hasher [Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm]) and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The agreement w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1936-2 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

484. IOR/L/PS/12/3883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3883
Title:
Coll 30/148 'Qatar: Question of ownership of Zubarah.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the dispute between the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar concerning sovereignty over Zubarah on the Qatar mainland. Zubarah was said to have 'considerable sentimental value' (folio 68) to the Al Khalifah family, as they originally came from there to take over Bahrain; however, in bo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1937-16 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 file (147 folios)

485. IOR/L/PS/12/3886

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3886
Title:
Coll 30/151 'Oil: Sharjah Political Agreement, and Commercial Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the Political Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary, Petroleum Concessions (Trucial Coast) Limited, relating to the Sharjah Oil Concession, and the related Commercial Agreement between the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-7 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)

486. IOR/L/PS/12/3889

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3889
Title:
Coll 30/154 'War Emergency Legislation in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the formulation of war emergency legislation for the Persian Gulf in the run-up to, and during, the Second World War. According to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle) in 1937, certain factors peculiar to the Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1937-12 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (639 folios)

487. IOR/L/PS/12/3895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3895
Title:
Coll 30/159 'Ownership of Hawar Islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the disputed claims of the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar to sovereignty over the Hawar Islands. The issue arose afresh in 1936 in response to a request from Petroleum Concessions Limited to settle the issue of ownership, in order that the Company could claim oil concession rights...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1936-15 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (179 folios)

488. IOR/L/PS/12/3910

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3910
Title:
Coll 30/173 'Oil: Abu Dhabi Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of the oil concession agreement between Petroleum Concessions Limited (through its subsidiary, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited) and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and the ratification of the agreement by the British Government. The papers cover: the initial ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1938-2 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

489. IOR/L/PS/12/3924

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3924
Title:
Coll 30/186 'Oil: Koweit Territorial Waters. Jurisdiction over the sub-soil beneath the sea. Off-Shore Oil in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the interest of the Kuwait Oil Company in exploring for submarine oil deposits beyond the limits of Kuwait's territorial waters, and the issue of territorial waters in the Persian Gulf generally, in the light of the United States Government's proclamation of 1945 concerning the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1939-12 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (366 folios)

490. IOR/L/PS/12/3926

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3926
Title:
Coll 30/188 'Kuwait: Mining for Sulphur by Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Sir Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and a new company, the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited (formed from American interests in the Kuwait Oil Company), to explore for deposits of sulphur in Kuwait. Sulphur was u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1940-28 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)

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