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IOR/R/15/2/403
- Record Id:
- 040-000228677
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000222
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023846852.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/403
- Title:
- File 10/1 XVI Bahrain Oil Concession
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains correspondence 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 reservation of land and infrastructures to be built on Sitra Island and some correspondence with the Sheikh of Bahrain, asking for his help to retrieve 116 cases of dynamite dispersed in Huwais on the Qatar coast during a storm and taken by locals (folios 135-136).
The volume also includes semestral 'Abstracts of accounts of oil measured' and 'Statement on Royalty' and monthly details on 'Shipments of oil from Bahrain' for 1938-1940.
There are maps showing:
- 'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Permanent Camp (Awali) Reservation' (f. 46);
- 'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Rifa Class II-B Townsite' (f. 57);
- 'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Reservation for Golf Course & Agricultural Purposes' (f. 90)
- and Tank Charts (ff. 206-209).
There are some letters and documents in Arabic, mainly letters to and from the Sheikh.
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 251-270).
- 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
040-000228677 - 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/15/2/403 : File 10/1 XVI Bahrain Oil Concession - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0016]/040-000228677
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (276 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000222
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1940
- Date Range:
- 5 Mar 1939-5 Nov 1940
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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The main foliation sequence commences at the titlepage and terminates at the 4th sheet from the rear of the volume; numbering 1-270 is written in pencil, is encircled and can be found in the top right corner. A second foliation sequence commences at f 3 and terminates at folio 250; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/1 XVI
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 251-270). 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)