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IOR/R/15/1/664
- Record Id:
- 040-000228129
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00027e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023523340.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/664
- Title:
- ‘Annex to File 86/2 Bahrain Concession Duplicate’
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains an original copy of the Bahrain oil concession agreement, dated 12 May 1923, agreed between Major Frank Holmes of The Eastern & General Syndicate Limited, and Shaikh Esa bin Ali Al-Khalifa [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfa]. The concession is typewritten in English, with an Arabic translation added by hand in black ink. Each page of the concession has been stamped ‘For and on behalf of The Eastern & General Syndicate, Limited’ and is signed by Holmes. The last page of text of the concession (folio 20) has also been signed by a witness, Mr W Hendry, of Dumbarton, Scotland. The final page of the agreement (folio 21) is a map of the northern half of the Persian Gulf. The cover of the file bears the broken remains of a wax seal, inscribed ‘The Eastern Bank Limited, Baghdad’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000228102
040-000228129 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/638-703 : File 86: Eastern and General Syndicate
IOR/R/15/1/664 : ‘Annex to File 86/2 Bahrain Concession Duplicate’ - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/664, f 21 : Map of the Persian Gulf, indicating area covered by the Bahrain oil concession
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/1/664 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0024]/038-000228102[0027]/040-000228129
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (22 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00027e
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1923
- End Date:
- 1923
- Date Range:
- 12 May 1923
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: Foliation is circled in pencil, at the top of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 22. An original foliation system using typewritten numbers at the top and centre of each recto, runs from ff 2-20.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 86/2
- Arrangement:
- The file is comprised of a single document, and as such has no arrangement.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)