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IOR/L/PS/18/B426
- Record Id:
- 040-000563574
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003e4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023494062.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B426
- Title:
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‘Oil concession signed by the Shaikh of Bahrein in favour of the Eastern and General Syndicate on the 2nd December 1925 (as revised up to 12th January 1934).’
- Scope & Content:
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Printed copy of the Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) oil concession, signed by Shaikh Hamad bin Shaikh Issa Al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited in 1925, with revisions in 1934. The agreement is marked ‘India Office’ in print on the front cover, with the addition in pencil: ‘Last spare copy’. The agreement comprises ten articles, numbered with Roman numerals I-X, and three schedules. Copies of additional materials follow the concession agreement, as follows:
- II. Indenture of 12 June 1930, agreed between Shaikh Ḥamad and the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited;
- III. Indenture of 15 February 1933, agreed between Shaikh Ḥamad and the Bahrain Petroleum Company;
- IV. Resignation of Major Holmes, comprising a letter dated 24 September 1933 from Everard Gastrell, the Political Agent in Bahrain, to Shaikh Ḥamad, confirming the resignation of Major Frank Holmes;
- V. Supplementary Agreement of 21 November 1933, dated 15 January 1934.
Each of the items outlined above are marked alongside their heading with a unique PZ number (listed under Former External References).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563574 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B426 : ‘Oil concession signed by the Shaikh of Bahrein in favour of the Eastern and General Syndicate on the 2nd December 1925… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0457]/040-000563574
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003e4
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- Aug 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: The booklet contains an original typed pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- Memo B 426
PZ 2362/33
PZ 3159/33
PZ 378/34
PZ 6821/33
PZ 7763/33 - Arrangement:
- The file papers are divided into parts which are identified with Roman numerals, II to V. The first part (the original concession agreement) is unnumbered.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)