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109. 'File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Ministry in Tehran, the Government of India, High Commissioner in Iraq (later the British Ambassador), Political Residency in Bushire, the Foreign and Indian Offices in London, Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the British Consulates in Shiraz and Bandar Abbas, the British Minister in Jeddah, the British Ambassador in Cairo, employees of the Imperial Bank Persia (later Imperial Bank Iran) and the Eastern Bank, and the Persian Government. Included as enclosures are several newspaper cuttings and transcripts.The documents cover discussions over the Imperial Bank's operations in the region, including growing hostility in an increasingly nationalist Iran and the plans to open a branch in Bahrain. Much of the volume pertains to the work of rival banks in Bahrain and Dhahran in Saudi Arabia. These banks include the Eastern Bank, the Ottoman Bank and the National City Bank.Folio 146 is a map of al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia, produced by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company.Folios 191-198 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is also present between ff 4-190; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Circled index numbers in red and blue crayon can also be found throughout the volume. There are the following irregularities: f 33 is followed by f 34a and f 34b.
110. 'File 61/9 (D 109) Nejd passports'
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- Abstract: The volume consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, memoranda, handwritten notes, a draft of a Najdi passport and a copy of an official Najdi passport. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in Bushire (Arthur Trevor, later Stuart Knox); the Political Agent in Bahrain (Clive Daly); the Political Agent in Kuwait (James More); the High Commissioner in Baghdad (Percy Cox, later Henry Dobbs); the Colonial and Foreign Offices, both in London; the British Consulate in Damascus; and Ibn Sa'ud.The whole of the volume relates to the issuing of passports and visas to the subjects of Najd. The file opens with correspondence concerning the issuing of Najdi passports in Bahrain and British disapproval of it. The question of whether visas are required by Najdi subjects travelling to British possessions and protectorates then follows, with details on such procedures in Syria, Iraq, Trans-Jordan, and Palestine. Discussion of the idea of an official British endorsement required on all Najdi passports is also contained in the volume, with particular coverage of what terms to use when referring to the various British political offices in Arabic, which varies from country to country.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence starts at the front of the volume on the tile page (f 1) and ends on the inside back cover (f 107). The numbering is written in pencil, encircled and located in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. Foliation anomalies: 1A, 1B. Fold-out folios: 30, 35, 40, 87. Unnumbered folios: an almost blank folio at the front of the volume.
111. ‘File 86/2 V (C 44) Bahrain Oil’
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to ongoing exploratory oil drilling being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 IV (C 43) Bahrain Oil; Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’ (IOR/R/15/1/652). The principal correspondents in the volume are Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent in Bahrain, Captain Everald Gastrell, officiating Political Agent in Bahrain during Loch’s absence, and various members of the India Office, Colonial Office, and Petroleum and Mining Departments in London.Key subjects discussed in the volume include:BAPCO’s request for an extension of their prospecting license to 2 December 1934;Questions over the award of a second concession covering the remainder of the Bahrain islands not included in BAPCO’s existing concession of 100,000 as-yet unspecified acres of territory; correspondence with representatives of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company with regard to this second concession;British officials’ attempts to oust Major Frank Holmes from his position as Chief Local Representative for BAPCO in Bahrain, because of his perceived failure to fulfil contractual requirements as set out in the original concession agreement;Recommendations with regard to Holmes’s position, provided by the British Government’s Treasury Solicitor, Sir Maurice Gwyer (folios 242-44);News of Holmes’s dismissal as BAPCO’s Chief Local Representative, dated 26 August 1933 (folio 293).Three maps are also included in the file, which were originally enclosed with a report that is mentioned in a letter contained in the volume (folio 203), although the report itself is not included. Map 1 (folio 333) shows the Bahrain islands with elevation data and the locations of BAPCO’s oil installations and infrastructures. Map 2 (folio 334) shows BAPCO’s roads, telephone and water lines, along with oil and water well locations. Map 3 (folio 335) is a site plan of BAPCO’s camp at Jebel Dukhan.Physical description: Foliation: Foliation is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1A, and ends on inside of the back cover, on number 341.Foliation anomalies: f 1 is followed by ff 1A-F; f 63 is followed by f 63A; f 72 is followed by f 72A; f 223 is followed by f 223A; f 235 is followed by f 235A; f 277 is followed by f 277A; f 294 is followed by f 294A-B; f 332 is followed by f 332A.
112. 'File B/13 Eastern Bank'
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- Abstract: The letters, memoranda and other notes in the file relate to the establishment of a branch of the Eastern Bank in Bahrain. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (chiefly Captain Percy Gordon Loch, who occupied the position from November 1916 to February 1918, and George Alexander Gavin Mungavin, March to December 1918) and the Bahrain merchant Yusuf Kanoo [Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo].In July 1916 the Political Resident Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox forwarded a request to the Foreign Department of the Government of India, made to him by the Eastern Bank at Basra, to open a bank in Bahrain (folio 2). The request was granted by Government, opening the way for consent to be obtained from the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah. Shaikh ‘Īsá, along with numerous local merchants, was resistant to the idea of a bank in Bahrain, objecting in particular to the fact that interest accumulated on deposits would be unlawful according to Islamic (Sharī‘a) law (folios 7, 8). In response, representatives of the Eastern Bank gave written assurance that any branch of the Eastern Bank established in Bahrain would conduct their business according to Islamic principles (folios 13, 14). Resistance from local merchants, and in particular form the influential and powerful money lender Yūsuf Kanoo, continued to hamper efforts to win Shaikh ‘Īsá’s consent and establish the bank (folios 19-21, 28, 30). Renewed efforts to gain support for the establishment of a bank in 1918, in particular a series of interviews between influential merchants and Mungavin, were more successful, leading to Shaikh ‘Īsá finally giving permission for the bank to be set up (folio 41). However, socio-economic circumstances in the Gulf – chiefly a shortage of capital and manpower as a result of the War – meant that the opening of the bank was further delayed until 1920.In May 1921 the Advisor to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalyrmple-Belgrave, reported to the Political Agent that there were twenty lakhs (100,000) of rupees in silver in the Bahrain customs, consigned to Yūsuf Kanoo, who was understood to be establishing a branch of the Ottoman Bank in Bahrain. The Political Agent wrote to the Residency, stating that Belgrave was against the establishment of a branch of the Ottoman Bank in Bahrain, the main reason being that there was insufficient business on the island to support two banks (folios 78-79). The Political Agent (now Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) also reported that the Ottoman Bank would pay interest on deposits, leading to enquiries by Eastern Bank representatives to ascertain the extent to which the Eastern Bank was bound by its promise to adhere to Islamic practice.Physical description: Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers located in the top-right corner of each recto. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 59a, 75a, 75b. The following folios are missing: 65, 77. Folio 5 is a fold-out.Condition: There is a small amount of insect damage to the papers in the file. However this damage is not sufficient to impair the legibility of the papers and their contents.
113. ‘File T/8 C 62 Banks at Gulf Ports: Bahrain, Eastern Bank Ltd’
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence concerning proposals for the opening of commercial banks to assist trade in the ports of the Arab coast of the Gulf, and in particular at Bahrain. The chief correspondent in the file is Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf between 1904 and 1913. Included in the file (folios 9-10) is an assessment of the prospect of opening British banks in the Gulf, dated 31 October 1911, authored by Frederick Nöel Paton of the Department for Commerce and Industry, which rules out any present need for British banks in the Gulf. Following this is a response to Paton’s assessment (folios 12-13), undated and unsigned, but possibly authored by Cox, which argues the case for the opening of a bank at Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence, which should be used for referencing, runs from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled numbers in the top-right corner of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 2a, 2b, 2c.
114. 'File XXII 4 Koweit relations with Bahrain.'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to Kuwaiti relations with Bahrain from 1906 to 1920.The discussion in the volume relates to:a note of a conversation between the Resident and Shaikh Mubarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Kuwait concerning Nasir bin Mobarak bin al Khalifa the 'outlaw relative' of Shaikh Isa of Bahrain [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah];reported expulsion of Jews from Bahrain;Bahraini political exiles;Shaikh Mubarak's visit to Bahrain, 1911;A note by Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson, entitled 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara', which includes (folio 44) a small sketch map illustrating the remarks in this note.Included in the volume (folios 33-34) is a copy in Arabic and English translation of the letter of Nasir bin Mobarak bin al-Khalifa, Chief of the Al Abdullah branch of the Al Khalifa family of Bahrain to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. Also included is a map (folio 44) prepared by the Acting Civil Commissioner for Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson, to illustrate his 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara'.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox and later, Francis Beville Prideaux; the Political Agent, Kuwait, Stuart George Knox; the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson; the Political Agent, Bahrain, David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-52, and ff 3-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
115. ‘File 86/2 VII (C 48) Bahrain Oil’
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 VI (C 46) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/654). The principal correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle, the Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, the Chief Local Representative in Bahrain for BAPCO, Ed Skinner, and British Government officials from the India Office and Petroleum/Mining Department in London.Key subjects discussed in the volume include:Negotiations over the proposed extension of the prospecting license until 2 January 1935, and the anticipated mining lease, with particular attention given to the financial payments and royalties payable to the ruling family of Bahrain;Acceptance by the ruler, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, on 19 November 1933, of the terms of the extension (folio 97), with a copy in English and Arabic of the agreement (folios 105-07);BAPCO plans for the development of an oil storage and export infrastructure at Bahrain, including: oil storage facilities, questions over the need for a refinery at Bahrain, a deep water anchorage with submarine line at Sitrah Island (including arrangements for aerial and marine surveys, and a blueprint map showing the submarine line and anchorage, folio 217), and the installation of wireless radio facilities;A proposal by BAPCO, dated 3 December 1933, to export 5,000 barrels of oil daily from 1 July 1934 (folios 165, 185);The employment of a local labour force (referred to as ‘coolies’, folios 193-94);A report dated 10 December 1933 of oil struck at well number 4 “in considerable quantity” (folio 228).Physical description: Foliation: There are two foliation sequences. One sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. The other sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, at the top of the recto of each folio, towards the centre. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 301. Foliation anomalies: Folio 2 is followed by ff 2A-C; f 217 is followed by f 217A. Index numbers written in red and blue pencil are part of the volume’s original filing system, and correspond to the numbered office notes index at the end of the file (ff 288-95).
116. ‘File 86/2 VIII (C 49) Bahrain Oil’
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters, telegrams, maps and memoranda relating to oil prospecting undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and the development of an oil infrastructure. The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 VII (C 48) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/655). The principal correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle, and the Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch.Subjects covered by the volume include:Construction of a submarine pipeline, ship anchorage and other facilities at Sitrah Island by BAPCO;Construction of wireless facilities for BAPCO’s operation, pending approval by Imperial & International Wireless Limited and Imperial Airways;Installation of buoys for the BAPCO anchorage (including details and location of buoys, folio 16), pending approval by the Government of India which holds responsibility for buoying in the Gulf; also concerns over the proximity of the anchorage to fish traps;British Government officials’ preference for Admiralty cooperation in surveying the area for a proposed anchorage, over the involvement of the U.S. Marine (folio 30);The despatch (folio 84) and arrival (folio 222) of an American vessel, the El Segundo, to Bahrain, with a workforce for the construction of the pipeline and other facilities and the despatch of a German steamer, the Wachtfells, with materials (folios 86-87);British officials’ concerns regarding the forty-five American workers on board the El Segundo(folio 116): the effects of their presence in Bahrain, and the question of a need for visas (folios 135-36, 139-40);Wider concern over the numbers of foreign workers employed by BAPCO in Bahrain, with details of the nationalities and classes of workers employed by BAPCO in January 1934 (folio 138);Questions over whether oil refining will be carried out in Bahrain, which is strongly advocated by the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, and his Government (folio 83);BAPCO acquisition of land in Bahrain, in relation to the prospecting and mining licenses, including land for shipping facilities at Sitrah, and plans for a permanent camp (folios 209-10);A dispute between the British Government and BAPCO over the interpretation of a clause in the concession agreement, relating to the waiving of duty paid on the import of equipment by the oil company. The dispute relates to whether such items as food goods and furniture can be classified as company equipment;Questions over the replacement of Ed Skinner, Chief Local Representative of BAPCO;Minutes of India Office meetings, in which the status of the Qatar concession, with reference to such issues as risks facing exploration, boundary issues, British and foreign representation, and the involvement of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company are discussed (folios 37-58, 93-110).Physical description: Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, at the top of the recto of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the folio of writing, on number 230. Foliation anomalies: f 76 is followed by f 76A; f 210 is followed by f 210A. Index numbers written in red and blue pencil are part of the volume’s original filing system, and correspondent to the office notes index at the end of the file (ff 225-30).The following folios are fold-out maps ff 77-78; f 210; f 213.
117. ‘File 86/2 XI (C 53) Bahrain Oil’
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil production in Bahrain being undertaken by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 X (C 52) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/658). The principal correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle the Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, BAPCO’s London representative, Hamilton Ballantyne, and various British Government officials, chiefly Mr Laithwaite of the India Office.The main subjects covered in the volume are:Negotiations over the terms and wording of BAPCO’s mining lease between Laithwaite and Ballantyne, including records of meetings and conversations between the two men (folios 22-33, 63-70), correspondence relating to the wording of particular clauses (including those concerning access to records of wells, royalties, arbitration of disputes and the nomination of an umpire, closure of wells), and a printed draft of the lease with pencil and pen annotations (folios 193-200);The arrival and departure from Bahrain of representatives of Redwood & Co., the nominated independent calibrators of BAPCO’s oil storage tanks (folios 8-9);Ballatyne’s visit to Bahrain in October 1934;Oil exports from Bahrain, including the first shipment to Japan, invoking a protest from the Persian Government, who maintained a claim on the Bahrain Islands. The Persian protest was published in the Japan Timeson 17 July 1934 (folios 56-58, 116-119)Anticipated future production in Bahrain of 5,000 barrels a day (folio 73), and continued questions over the prospects of refining being undertaken in Bahrain;The appointment of Mr Russell (Bahrain Manager of the Mesopotamia-Persia Corporation) as Chief Local Representative for BAPCO in Ed Skinner’s absence (folios 17, 19-20, 45);The payment of lighting dues by BAPCO vessels (folios 40, 48-49);The arrival in Bahrain in October 1934 of a director of the Iraq Petroleum Company (folios 228-29), in connection with marketing possibilities for BAPCO oil, and amid competition between oil companies operating in the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: The volume is foliated from the first to last folio, using numbers written in pencil in the top-right corner of each recto. Index numbers written in red and blue pencil are part of the volume’s original filing system, and correspond to the office notes index at the end of the volume (ff 233-40). The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 38 and 38A; 98 and 98A; 200, 200A and 200B.
118. ‘File 86/2 XV (C 86) Bahrain Oil’
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil production in Bahrain, being undertaken by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 XIV (C 67) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/662). The principal correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle until August 1939, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior thereafter), the Political Agent in Bahrain, (Captain Tom Hickinbotham until October 1937, Hugh Weightman from October 1937 to October 1940, and Major Reginald Alban thereafter), and various local representatives of BAPCO.The subjects covered by the volume are:Preferences (or preferred markets) for Bahrain oil, with Australia and New Zealand proposed, and British opposition to the principle of preferences, on the grounds that oil production in Britain’s empire is too small (folios 4-11);Changes to the appointment of BAPCO’s Chief Local Representative, with numerous incumbents of the post: John Black, C. Deacon, Dr Kennedy and Milton Lipp.Most of the volume’s correspondence refers to the impact of the Second World War upon Bahrain and BAPCO activities:Discussion amongst British officials over the possible pre-emption of Bahrain oil (folios 38, 52-53), and BAPCO’s willingness to cooperate with the British Government (folio 49);Discussion of the strategic importance of Bahrain’s oil, the release of BAPCO employees for military service, and defence of BAPCO facilities (folios 57-59);An enquiry from the Air Ministry regarding Bahrain’s ability to produce aviation fuel and at what rate, with a detailed technical response from BAPCO staff (folios 75, 77-78);The Political Agent’s preference for Milford Lipp as Chief Local Representative, because communications have been ‘expeditiously disposed of’ under Lipp’s authority (folios 81-91, 106-08); Lipp’s status as a U.S. citizen, leading to an agreement signed by Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah and BAPCO, permitting the appointment of a non-British citizen as Chief Local Representative for the duration of the war (folios 93, 113);Lipp’s suggestion that the Company’s geological plans and records be moved to a secure location (New York), to prevent them falling into enemy hands, a proposal agreed to by all parties concerned (folios 96-103);A drop in oil production in Bahrain in 1941 (folios 109, 116-16A), as a result of reduced demand due to petrol rationing to supply areas such as India, and a shortage of available tankers (folios 119-20); explanation of the drop in royalties to Shaikh Hamad; a subsequent increase in production at the end of 1941 (folios 124-30).The volume also includes a press cutting from the Iraq Times, dated 9 November 1937, which remarks on the superior quality of Bahrain’s oil (folio 12), and a copy of BAPCO’s accounts for the first half of 1938 (folios 36-37).Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence begins on the first folio and ends on the last folio, using circled pencil numbers found at the top and centre of each recto. A second sequence paginates every page of text between ff 4-203 with some gaps, and a third sequence paginates the office notes at the back of the volume; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, they can be found in the top left or top right corners of the verso and recto side of each folio respectively. Numbers written throughout the volume in red and blue pencil are part of the volume’s original filing system, and correspond to the office notes index at the end of the volume (ff 137-50).
119. ‘File 86/2 IX (C 50) Bahrain Oil’
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and the development of BAPCO’s infrastructure. The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 VIII (C 49) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/656). The principal correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle, the Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, the Chief Local Representative for BAPCO, Ed Skinner, and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave.Subjects covered by the volume include:The ongoing construction of oil export facilities off Sitrah Island, including a pump station, submarine pipeline, and anchorage with buoys;A request by BAPCO for their vessel El Segundoto use wireless radio communications with BAPCO employees onshore, as well as for long-distance communications with the Company’s head offices in San Francisco. Loch’s consultations with Imperial & International Communications Limited (I&ICL) in Bahrain, and with the Admiralty, result in the former request being agreed, but the latter request being denied, the reason given that I&ICL’s new wireless radio station in Bahrain should be used instead (folios 29-30, 95-105, 176-79, 188-90);Questions of the measurement of oil in order to determine the royalties payable, with a description of how oil in storage tanks should be measured (folios 165-68), where responsibility for measurements should lie, how royalty should be paid (folios 72-76), and a statement of oil saved, used and stored for the period up until 31 December 1933 (folios 118-19);Discussion of who should hold the permanent post of Chief Local Representative for BAPCO, with Belgrave’s name mooted (folio 68), and British officials’ final decision to appoint Ed Skinner, in spite of the fact that the original concession stipulated that a British subject should at all times occupy the position (folio 109), amid continued resistance from the Bahrain ruling family to an American representative (folios 200-02);BAPCO’s refusal to commit to oil refining in Bahrain “in the face of continually uncertain and changeable world-wide market conditions” (folios 242-45), and doubts over the extent of Bahrain’s oil field (folio 115);Government of Bahrain approval for the construction of facilities at Sitrah Island, and for the construction of a permanent BAPCO camp on the mainland, in spite of the fact of a mining lease having not yet commenced (folios 60-61, 64-65);A report on BAPCO activity covering the period until 31 December 1933, including details on the status of wells, list of employees by classification and nationality, and a description of camp buildings (folios 128-33);Settlement in an ongoing dispute between the Government of Bahrain and BAPCO over the categories of goods imported by BAPCO on which duty should be paid, with a list of dutiable and non-dutiable goods (folios 183-84);Details of oil equipment imported on the German Hansa line vessel SS Wachtfels(folios 79-80, 113-14);The Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah’s insistence that some positions of responsibility be given to native Bahrainis, and complaints over the employment of some foreigners who are ‘notoriously bad characters’ (folios 234-35).Physical description: Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence, which should be used for cataloguing, is circled in pencil, at the top of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 258. Foliation anomalies: f 2 is followed by ff 2A-C. Index numbers written in red and blue pencil are part of the volume’s original filing system, and correspondent to the office notes index at the end of the file (ff 247-52).
120. ‘Bahrain Church File (correspondence with Bishop in Jerusalem)’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to the establishment of, and raising of funds for the construction of, an Anglican church in Manama, Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); the Bishop of Jerusalem (the Right Reverend Weston Henry Stewart); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Hugh Dunstan Rance).Subjects covered in the correspondence include:negotiation with representatives of, and consent from other Christian institutions in Bahrain, namely the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s church at Awali, and the American Mission church in Manama;appointment of a chair to the Bahrain appeal committee;contributions and fundraising activities towards the construction of the church, with reference made to the expensive nature of construction in Bahrain, as a result of the war;visits to Bahrain by the Bishop of Jerusalem in March 1945 and January 1946;postponement of construction of the church in the immediate post-war period, due to continued prohibitively high material and labour costs;recruitment of a chaplain, including discussion of salary and requirements (accommodation, car);discussion of the nature and architectural style of any church building that might be built.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.