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IOR/L/PS/10/1000
- Record Id:
- 040-000546380
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000380
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100077479304.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/1000
- Title:
- File 2794/1921 Pt 10 'Oil. Persian Gulf. Bahrain. Refinery at Bahrain.'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent in Bahrain; the Chief Local Representative in Bahrain for BAPCO; and British Government officials from the India Office and Petroleum/Mining Department in London.
Key subjects discussed in the file include drafts for the modification of the articles of the lease. The file includes the deed of a modification of the lease between the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah) and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (folio 15), as well as a map showing the area selected by BAPCO under the 1925 concession (folio 392).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546380 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/1000 : File 2794/1921 Pt 10 'Oil. Persian Gulf. Bahrain. Refinery at Bahrain.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[1003]/040-000546380
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (272 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000380
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 1933-1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the file is contained within an envelope. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front of the envelope with 1, continues at the inside front cover of the file with 2, and terminates at the last folio with 273; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 2794/1921 Pt 10
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 2794 (Persian Gulf: Oil) consists of seventeen files and volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/989-1005. The files and volumes are divided into eighteen parts as follows: parts 1 and 2 comprise one volume; part 3 comprises the second volume; part 3A comprises the third volume; part 3B comprises the fourth volume; part 4 comprises the fifth volume; parts 5 and 5A comprise the sixth volume; part 6 comprises the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth files and volumes; parts 7, 8 and 9 comprise the eleventh volume; part 10 comprises the twelfth file; part 12 comprises the thirteenth file; part 14 comprises the fourteenth volume, part 15 comprises the fifteenth volume; part 16 comprises the sixteenth file; part 17 comprises the seventeenth volume. There are no parts 11 and 13.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)