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IOR/R/15/2/394
- Record Id:
- 040-000228668
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001f9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023332556.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/394
- Title:
- File 10/1 VII Bahrain Oil Concession
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at 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 telecommunication and on administrative matters.
The volume includes:
- 'Abstract of accounts of oil measured during 1933, and statement of royalty due to the Shaikh of Bahrain for 1933' (f. 125);
- 'Oil Statement for 1933', including: status of Bahrain wells, list of employees, description of Camp buildings (ff. 126-133 and ff. 183-190);
- documents on the Agreement between Air Ministry Imperial and International Communications Limited (I.& I.C. LTD.) to create a Bahrain wireless Station (ff. 206-208).
The volume also contains newspaper cuttings on oil in the Gulf and a printed map: 'General Map of BAHREIN [sic] ISLAND, Persian Gulf', produced by the Geological Department of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Ltd (folio 191B).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 229-241).
- 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
040-000228668 - 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/15/2/394 : File 10/1 VII Bahrain Oil Concession - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0007]/040-000228668
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (253 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001f9
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 19 Feb 1934-15 Apr 1934
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The main foliation sequence is in pencil, encircled and can be found in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, with 1A and 1B; then 2-90; 91A and 91B; 92-135; 136A and 136B; 137-190; 191A and 191B; 192-194; 195A and 195B and then it carries on until 241, which is the last number given on the last page of writing. A second foliation system runs between folios 2-241, these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled (with the exception of numbers 202-208 which are) and may be found in the top right corner of each folio: 1A and 1B; 91A and 91B; 136A and 136B; 191A and 191B; 195A and 195B.
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/1 VII
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 229-241). 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)