Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to how the dispute between Bahrain and Qatar over Zubarah has affected the work of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The principle correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; Sir Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; Shaikh Sulman bin Hamad Al Khalifa [Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah], ruler of Bahrain; Shaikh Abdulla bin Qasim Al-Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Qāsim Āl Thānī], ruler of Qatar; and representatives (usually Ernest Vincent Packer) of Petroleum Concessions Limited (hereafter, the company) and its subsidiary, Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited.The matters covered by the file are mostly founded on the rival historic claims to the old settlement of Zubarah. They are as follows:the need to settle normal relations between the two countries, partly driven by the clarity needed to define oil concessions;the company's attempts to buy land in Manama which lead to conditions imposed by the ruler of Bahrain concerning mosques, tombs and properties in Zubarah that are claimed by the Āl Khalīfah family;disagreements over the company's use of the port of Sitra in Bahrain, and what they are permitted to import and export;a meeting held between Packer and Shaikh Salmān on 15 February 1947 to settle these issues;incidences of violence and conflict between Bahraini seamen employed by the company and Qatari guards at Zekrit during 1947 and 1948;the refusal by Qatari authorities to allow Shaikh Shafi bin Salim, head of the Bani Hajir tribe, and his four sons to land at Zekrit in July 1948.Folios 43-45 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-33; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Financial Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and Gray, Mackenzie & Co. on shipments from Sitra terminus.The file mainly contains copies of Royalty Delivery Tickets showing the amount of oil shipped during 1938, transmitted by the Political Agent in Bahrain to the Secretary of State for India and the Political Resident in the Gulf.Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil and can be found in the top right corner. The numbering starts at the front cover with 1A; then 1B and 1C; 2-102; 103A, 103B, 103C, 103D and 103E; 104-132; 133 and 133A; and then continues through to 285, which is the last number given to the back cover of the file. The numbering is repeating from 124 to 133.
Abstract: Government of India Foreign and Political Department documents: three identical copies, one (volume three) enclosed in a red cover. Volume two is inscribed 'Received under Foreign and Political Department endorsement 147EA of 22.6.16'. The documents contain transcripts of fifteen treaties and undertakings between the British Government and the Rulers of Bahrain in English and (at the rear of the volumes) in Arabic. In addition to agreements dated by year only, the agreements relate to piracy, the slave trade, arms traffic, observance of treaties, jurisdiction over foreigners, pearl fisheries, post office, wireless telegraphy, and oil. A note at the start of the agreements states that in the event of doubt about the precise interpretation of any portion of the English and Arabic text, the English text was to be considered decisive.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover of volume one and terminates at 70 on the back cover of volume three. The foliation runs through all three volumes as a single continuous sequence, split between volume one (ff. 1-23); volume two (ff. 24-46); and volume three (ff. 47-70). These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Each volume also has its own separate printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Financial Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on shipments of oil and movements of tankers and ships in and out of Sitra terminus.The file includes crew list for the first trip of the tanker
El Segundo, and copies of Marine Delivery Tickets showing the amount of oil shipped from Sitra between 1935 and 1936.There are documents in Arabic.Physical description: The foliation starts on the first folio with 1 and continues to 254, which is the last number given to the last folio of the file. The numbering is in pencil in the top centre of recto (1-8), then in the top right corner.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and Gray, Mackenzie & Co. on shipments of oil from Sitrah terminus. The file also contains copies of Royalty Delivery Tickets showing the amount of oil shipped between 1936 and 1937, transmitted by the Political Agent at Bahrain to the Secretary of State for India and the Political Resident in the Gulf.Physical description: The foliation starts on the front cover with 1A; then 1B and 1C; and continues to 346, which is the last number given to the back cover. The numbering is in pencil in the top right corner.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Blueprint sketch map compiled from a rough survey carried out by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, attached to a copy of a letter dated 7 December 1933 (folios 215-216).Shows land on Sitrah Island intended for the installation of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s equipment including pumping plants, submarine line and oil tanks.Physical description: Dimensions:200 x 285 mm