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IOR/R/15/2/460
- Record Id:
- 040-000228734
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00027b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023442562.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/460
- Title:
- File 10/37 Bahrain Petroleum Company - Dollars
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on transaction in dollars for BAPCO oil.
There is an index at the end of the file (folio 19).
- 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
040-000228734 - 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/15/2/460 : File 10/37 Bahrain Petroleum Company - Dollars - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0073]/040-000228734
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (20 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00027b
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1948
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 20 Sep 1948-17 Sep 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner, begins on number 1, on the first letter, and runs through to 21, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file.
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/37
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folio 19). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
- Administrative Context:
-
By the end of 1948, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were shifting to a fixed Rial - Dollar rate and the Bahrain Government also demanded payment of royalties in dollars, or a currency convertible to dollars.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)