File 2794/1921 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Bahrain.'

Title:

File 2794/1921 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Bahrain.'

Date:

1931/1933

Description:

Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the assigning of a concession to prospect for and exploit oil in Bahrain. Topics discussed include:The terms under which Major Frank Holmes, Chief Local Representative, was allowed to reside in Bahrain and whether he had broken the terms of his agreementThe clauses and articles of the agreement between Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, as advised by the British Government, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office; solicitor for the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (Hamilton R Ballantyne); the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah); the Financial Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.The volume 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 correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 503; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Concessions
Oil extraction

Geographic region:

Bahrain

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00037b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00037b_en
IOR/L/PS/10/995
IOR/L/PS/10/995

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