'File 10/14 Bahrain unallotted area'

Title:

'File 10/14 Bahrain unallotted area'

Date:

1937/1938

Description:

Abstract: The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bahrain, the Political Agent at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the negotiations for the oil concession over the 'Bahrain additional area', which includes islands, reefs and shores.The volume includes correspondence regarding Major John Holmes, who is initially defined by the Secretary of State for India as persona non grata(folio 83 and folio 143) for the British Government to act as negotiator for the concession, and two drafts of the concession: '1937 Draft' (folios 263-279) and '1938 Draft' (folios 280-296).There are two maps: one showing 'Leased area no. 1' off the northern coast of Bahrain (folio 112) and another showing 'Leased area no. 2' between the eastern coast of Bahrain and the western coast of Qatar.There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah.There are file notes (folios 318-331).Physical description: The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins with the first folio of writing, on number 1, and runs through to 335, which is the last number given on the inside of the back cover. There are various gaps in the numbering: 10; 144-146 (note on folio 143: 'pages 144, 145 and 146 renumbered 113-a, 113-b and 113-c'); 208-209; 244. 253 is followed by 255, which is then followed by 254 (these folios are joined together). Other anomalies are: 6A; 111A; 113A-C; 156A; 214A.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Petroleum industry

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000264_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000264_en
IOR/R/15/2/437
IOR/R/15/2/437

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