File 2794/1921 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Oil - Bahrain (1933.)'

Title:

File 2794/1921 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Oil - Bahrain (1933.)'

Date:

1933/1933

Description:

Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the development of an oil concession in Bahrain.The discussion in the volume relates to the terms of Major Frank Holmes's residency in Bahrain and issues relating to finding his replacement. It contains correspondence between the Colonial Office and the solicitor of the Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited concerning the terms of the concession and its nationality clause. Also included in the volume is a copy of the translation of a letter dated 25 September 1933 from Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, to Captain Everard Huddleston Gastrell, Political Agent, Bahrain.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; Petroleum Department (Frank Gregory Starling); solicitor for the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (Hamilton R Ballantyne); the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); and the Chief Local Representative, the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Frank Holmes).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 the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 477; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.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:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00037c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00037c_en
IOR/L/PS/10/996
IOR/L/PS/10/996

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