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IOR/R/15/2/407
- Record Id:
- 040-000228681
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000226
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023995734.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/407
- Title:
- File 10/1 F Collection of Persian Gulf Light Dues: from Tankers of BAPCO and CASOC
- Scope & Content:
-
The volume contains correspondence between the Government of India, the Political Agent, the Political Resident and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the collection of light dues in Bahrain from BAPCO and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) tank ships and on the question of levying light dues from the BAPCO vessels, to discourage the development of the rival port on the Hasa Coast, in Saudi Arabia.
The volume includes documents on the submarine line for shipping oil in Bahrain, from Sitra Island to Khor Kaliya; and a map showing the light buoys in the area surrounding Sitra Island (folio 191).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-229).
- 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
040-000228681 - 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/15/2/407 : File 10/1 F Collection of Persian Gulf Light Dues: from Tankers of BAPCO and CASOC - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0020]/040-000228681
- 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_100000000241.0x000226
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 2 Jun 1934-19 May 1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation is in the top right of the recto side of the folios; the sequence 1-11 is written in blue crayon while the remainder (12-229) is written in pencil. Between 204-207 both sides of the folio are numbered. The numbering system starts at the titlepage with 1A; 1B; and carries on until 229, which is the last number given to the last page of writing.
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/1 F
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-229). 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)