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IOR/R/15/2/401
- Record Id:
- 040-000228675
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000200
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023830755.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/401
- Title:
- File 10/1 XIV 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, 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 acquisition by Texas Corporation and Standard Oil Company of California of the share control of BAPCO.
The volume includes:
- abstracts of accounts of oil measured during 1936 and 'Statement on Royalty' for 1936 (ff. 21, 188);
- copy in English and Arabic of the deed of modification of the 1934 Lease, agreed on 3 June 1936 between Sheikh of Bahrain 'Isa al Khalifah and BAPCO, on the opening of a refinery and on the exemption from State, Municipal and custom taxes for BAPCO (ff. 38c- 38f);
- '1936 Annual Report' including 'Status of Bahrein [sic] Wells as of December 31, 1936' (ff. 173-184);
There are newspaper cuttings on oil in the Gulf and several maps within the volume:
- 'Proposed Reservation for Refinery, Water Wells and Lines to Sitra' (3 copies, ff. 54, 85,146);
- Area Map Refinery to Ship's anchorage Bahrain (f. 207);
- 'General Map of Bahrein [sic] Island' (f. 241b).
There are some letters and documents in Arabic.
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 227-240).
- 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
040-000228675 - 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/15/2/401 : File 10/1 XIV Bahrain Oil Concession - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0014]/040-000228675
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (270 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000200
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 13 Aug 1936-28 Apr 1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation commences on the 4th sheet and terminates at the 4th sheet from the back of the volume; numbering is written in pencil, from folio 226 circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto. The numbering starts with 1a, 1b and 1c; 2; 3a, 3b and 3c; 4-37; 38a, 38b, 38c, 38d, 38e, 38f and 38g; 39-63 (64 is omitted); 65-73; 74A and 75B; 76A and 76B; 77-82; 83A and 83B; 84-105; 106A and 106B; 107-112; 113A, 113B, 113C and 113D; 114-119; 120a, 120b and 120c; 121-161; 162A and 162B; 163A and 163B; 164A and 164B; 165A and 165B; 166A and 166B; 167-170; 171A and 171B; 172-240; and then it ends with 241A and 241B, which are the last numbers given to the volume.
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/1 XIV
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume, (folios 227-240). 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)