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

Title:

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

Date:

1934/1936

Description:

Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the precise terms of the oil concession in Bahrain and in particular issues regarding the translation of the lease from English to Arabic. Also included are some article cuttings (ff 51-62) from petroleum industry newspapers.Included in the file is a copy (ff 226-241) of the Arabic translation of the Bahrain Mining Lease and a note from the Assistant Librarian (Arthur J Arberry), India Office, on the Arabic translation of the Bahrein Mining Lease and the English version (ff 242-244). The final lease with agency seal and supporting diagram is to be found on folios 365-392.The discussion in the file relates to the wording and legal interpretation of the Bahrain Mining lease. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office; the Petroleum Department (Frank Gregory Starling); the 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).The file 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 395; 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 present in parallel between ff 106-392; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 2-105, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.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_100000000419.0x00037e_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00037e_en
IOR/L/PS/10/998
IOR/L/PS/10/998

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