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IOR/R/15/2/97
- Record Id:
- 040-000228354
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000340
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024090687.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/97
- Title:
- Oil Concessions
- Scope & Content:
-
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative at Bahrian of the Eastern and Syndicate Company Limited; and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; as well as copies of correspondence between the Government of India and various government departments in London.
These papers concern the extension and renewal of and amendments to the Bahrain Oil Concession and prospecting licences; enquiries about the meaning and wording of the concession, particularly regards to customs and duties payments by Eastern and General Syndicate; American influence on Eastern and General Syndicate and Bahrain more generally; and dealings with other oil companies, including the Turkish Petroleum Company and Standard Oil Company of California.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228327
038-000228352
040-000228354 - 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/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/73-138 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/96-99 : File 2 Trade
IOR/R/15/2/97 : Oil Concessions - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0002]/037-000228327[0002]/038-000228352[0002]/040-000228354
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (365 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000340
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1929
- Date Range:
- 8 Dec 1927-16 Sep 1929
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: There are three inconsistent foliation sequences, which have been crossed out, and one complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and runs through to 364, ending on the inside of the back cover.
- Former External References:
- Confidential File: 2/2 II
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)