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037-000228401 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Colonial Office, 1854-1966

1. IOR/R/15/2/389

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/389
Title:
File 10/1 II Bahrain Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams and correspondence exchanged between Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), the Colonial Office, the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident. Most correspondence is about the discovery of oil in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1933-23 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 volume (246 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/388
Title:
'File No: 10/1 (Vol: I). Oils & Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams and correspondence exchanged between Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Colonial Office, the Political Agent in Bahrain and the Political Resident in Bushire. Most correspondence is about the negotiations for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1932-25 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/390
Title:
'File 10/1 (Vol III). Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The volume mainly contains correspondence and telegrams on the renewal of the Bahrain Oil Concession, exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Secretary of State in India, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1933-21 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/875
Title:
File 39/4 (10/4) Activities of Eastern and General Syndicate in Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Colonial Office regarding the interest of Frank Holmes, on behalf of Eastern and General Syndicate, in applying for an oil concession in Qatar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/874
Title:
File 39/3 (10/2) Application by Eastern and General Syndicate for a second concession
Scope & Content:
The file contains the application made by Frank Holmes for the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited to renew the 1925 oil concession in Bahrain. Copy of the Concession Draft Agreement in English and Arabic, with Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain, is enclosed in an envelope (ff ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1931-12 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)