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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Bahrain Petroleum Company, 1929-

51. IOR/L/PS/12/4148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4148
Title:
Coll 35/41 'Persian Gulf: radio telephone communication between Bahrain, and the mainland of Saudi Arabia (Dhahran) for the use of Californian Standard Oil Company'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns private use of radio wireless communications between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for oil companies. The file contains: applications for permission to institute wireless communication between California Arabian Standard Oil Company in Bahrain and its representatives in Hasa [Saudi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1938-7 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (487 folios)

52. IOR/L/PS/12/4492

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4492
Title:
Coll 44/16 ‘Persian Gulf. Introduction of an export licensing system. Regulation made under Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939).’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to the introduction of an export licensing system for Arab countries in the Persian Gulf during the Second World War. The papers notably cover the following: The Bahrain (also written in the file as Bahrein) Petroleum Compa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1941-29 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/18/B426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B426
Title:
‘Oil concession signed by the Shaikh of Bahrein in favour of the Eastern and General Syndicate on the 2nd December 1925 (as revised up to 12th January 1934).’
Scope & Content:
Printed copy of the Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) oil concession, signed by Shaikh Hamad bin Shaikh Issa Al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited in 1925, with revisions in 1934. The agreement is marked ‘India Office’ in print on the front cover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1933
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/18/B452

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B452
Title:
His Excellency SHEIKH HAMAD BIN SHEIKH ISSA AL KHALIFAH SHEIKH of BAHREIN AND THE BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED. LEASE [COPY]
Scope & Content:
The file is a copy of a commercial lease between Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Sheikh of Bahrein, and the Bahrein Petroleum Company, in which the Sheikh grants to the company the exclusive right for fifty-five years to drill for, extract, treat, refine, and deal with petroleum products and n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

55. IOR/L/PS/18/B453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B453
Title:
Dated 3rd June, 1936. HIS EXCELLENCY SHAIKH Sir HAMAD BIN SHAIKH 'ISA AL KHALIFA, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., SHAIKH OF BAHRAIN AND THE BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED. DEED OF MODIFICATION OF LEASE [COPY] dated 29th December, 1934.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a copy of a modification made to a commercial lease between Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Sheikh of Bahrein, and the Bahrein Petroleum Company, relating to oil and gas extraction rights on Bahrain Island.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1936
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/1/335

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/335
Title:
File 19/163 II (C 77) Nejd-Bahrain Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding relations between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The topics discussed in the file include the signing of a Treaty of Extradition between the Government of Bahrain and the Government of Hejaz-Nejd, a visit made by Amir Saud to Bahrain, visits made by Ibn S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1932-30 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/1/343

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/343
Title:
File 19/169 II (C 76) Agitation in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
A collection of correspondence that primarily relates to agitation that took place in Bahrain between 1935 and 1938. The main topics discussed are the reform of Shia religious courts in Bahrain, the factors involved in the unrest, a brief history of the Baharnah (the Shia community in Bahrain), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1935-27 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/1/649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/649
Title:
‘File 86/2 I (C 30) Bahrain Oil Concession (Eastern & General Syndicate)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to negotiations for the extension of Eastern & General Syndicate Limited’s (hereafter E&GS) concession for oil exploration in Bahrain. Correspondents in the volume include the Political Agent in Bahrain (chiefly Major Cyril Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1925-8 Sep 1929
Extent:
1 volume (328 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/1/650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/650
Title:
‘File 86/2 II (C 31) Eastern and General Syndicate, Oil, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to negotiations over the transfer of the Bahrain oil concession, conducted between the British Government, Eastern & General Syndicate Limited (hereafter E&GS), and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company of the United States (EGOC). The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1929-15 Jul 1930
Extent:
1 volume (251 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/1/651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/651
Title:
‘File 86/2 III (C 42) Bahrain Oil, Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to the completion of the transfer of the Bahrain oil concession to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and BAPCO’s ongoing oil exploration activities in Bahrain. The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 II (C 31)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1930-31 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (271 folios)