'File 10/1 VI Bahrain Oil Concession'

Title:

'File 10/1 VI Bahrain Oil Concession'

Date:

1933/1934

Description:

Abstract: The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the acquisition of land on Sitra Island, under the prospecting license for the purpose of ships anchorage, on a refinery to be built on Bahrain Island, and on the employment of United States' personnel in Bahrain.There are several maps in the volume:Sketch Map of Sitra Island and Sitra Channel, off the coast of the Bahrain Island (f. 15);'Sketch "D" Layout of Ships Anchorage' (f. 72);'Sketch "E" Channel Marking Buoys' (f. 73);blue print of 'Area to be Reserved for Permanent Camp' (f. 138);blue print of 'SUBMARINE LINE TERMINAL' (f. 157).The volume also includes: crew list of people on board the Standard Oil of California's tank ship El Secundo, sailed from San Pedro, California, to Bahrain. (folios 149-151) and newspaper cuttings about the discovery of oil in the Gulf. There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah.There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 206-220).Physical description: The main foliation is encircled in pencil at the top of each folio. The numbering begins on the first page of writing, on number 1, then it carries on until 71, 71A, 72, and it runs through to 225, which is the last number given, on the back cover of the volume. There are also two incomplete foliation sequences.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Conditions of Employment
Petroleum Industry

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001f8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0001f8_en
IOR/R/15/2/393
IOR/R/15/2/393

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