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IOR/R/15/2/393
- Record Id:
- 040-000228667
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001f8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023515575.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/393
- Title:
- File 10/1 VI Bahrain Oil Concession
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the acquisition of land on Sitra Island, under the prospecting license for the purpose of ships anchorage, on a refinery to be built on Bahrain Island, and on the employment of United States' personnel in Bahrain.
There are several maps in the volume:
- Sketch Map of Sitra Island and Sitra Channel, off the coast of the Bahrain Island (f. 15);
- 'Sketch "D" Layout of Ships Anchorage' (f. 72);
- 'Sketch "E" Channel Marking Buoys' (f. 73);
- blue print of 'Area to be Reserved for Permanent Camp' (f. 138);
- blue print of 'SUBMARINE LINE TERMINAL' (f. 157).
The volume also includes: crew list of people on board the Standard Oil of California's tank ship El Secundo, sailed from San Pedro, California, to Bahrain. (folios 149-151) and newspaper cuttings about the discovery of oil in the Gulf. There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah.
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 206-220).
- 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
037-000228401
038-000228661
040-000228667 - 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/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/388-460 : File 10 Oil and Minerals
IOR/R/15/2/393 : File 10/1 VI Bahrain Oil Concession - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0006]/040-000228667
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (231 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001f8
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 1 Dec 1933-19 Feb 1934
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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The main foliation is encircled in pencil at the top of each folio. The numbering begins on the first page of writing, on number 1, and runs through to 225, which is the last number given, on the back cover of the volume. The following foliation anomalies should be noted: folio 71 is followed by 71A; folio 157 is followed by 157A. There are also two incomplete foliation sequences.
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/1 VI
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 206-220). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)