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IOR/R/15/2/396
- Record Id:
- 040-000228670
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001fb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023851693.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/396
- Title:
- File 10/1 IX Bahrain Oil Concession
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, and 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 (BAPCO) on the draft Mining Lease contract between the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah and BAPCO (draft on folios 161-168).
There are also letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh. There is a map showing 'Selection by The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited under Concession dated December 2nd 1925' (folio 225A). Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 240-248).
- 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
040-000228670 - 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/15/2/396 : File 10/1 IX Bahrain Oil Concession - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0009]/040-000228670
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (261 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001fb
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 9 Jul 1934-25 Oct 1934
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled from folio 223-240. The numbering starts on the first page of writing and continues until 42; 42A; then 43-108; 109A and 109B; then 110-225; 225A and 225B and carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the last page of writing. Some folios are marked as confidential.
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/1 IX
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 240-248). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)