Abstract: The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and notes of meetings between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Secretary of State for India, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the Bahrain Oil Concession. The volume also contains correspondence and notes of meetings on the aquisitition of oil rights over an additional area, including the territorial waters of the Bahrain Islands. There are also letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah, and confidential correspondence regarding the resignation of Major Holmes from Chief Local Representative of BAPCO, and the translation of a speech read in his honour by Ali bin Hussein (folios 201-203). Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 217-227).Physical description: The main foliation sequence is circled in pencil, at the top of each folio. It begins on the first page of writing, on number 2, and runs through to 233, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume.
Abstract: The file contains documents and correspondence on the enployment of a Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and on the temporary appointment of an American subject.The file contains a letter in Arabic from the Political Agent to the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah.Physical description: The foliation starts at the front cover and terminates at the back cover on folio 9; numbering is written in pencil, circled and may be found in the top right corner of the recto.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on discontent and strike among workers employed by BAPCO on the salaries, the cost of transportation and the conditions for the relocation.The file includes statements from BAPCO employees, rates of pay for R.A.F. civilian employees (folios 113-115), extract from FREE PRESS JOURNAL, Friday 9 July 1948 on racism against Indian BAPCO employees. There are some documents in Arabic.There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-157).Physical description: The foliation starts on the first page of the file, mostly in pencil, occasionally pen or typescript, in top right corner of recto. The following numbering anomalies occurs: 4, 4A; 16 is the verso of 15; 18 is the verso of 17; folio 20 is the verso of 19; 29 is the verso of 28; 31 is the verso of folio 30; 75 is the verso of 74; 77 is the verso of 76; 125 is the verso of 124; 99-103 do not exist.
Abstract: The file contains letters of accompaniment and notifications of receipt of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) annual report.There is an index at the end of the file (folios 47-50).Physical description: The main foliation starts on the front cover of the file, in pencil in circled numbers in the top right corner of recto, and continues to 51, which is the last number given to the back cover of the file. There is an additional foliation sequence in pencil in top right corner, starting on folio 1 (numbered 20) and continuing to 33.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the use of a cypher code for their cable communications with New York and on the agreement of the code.There is an index at the end of the file (folios 51-52).Physical description: The foliation begins at the first page of writing and runs through to 53, which is the inside of the back cover of the file.
Abstract: The file contains notes of meetings and correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the negotiations for the revision of the oil royalties agreed in 1935 with the Shaikh of Bahrain, which is raised from Rs. 3/8 to Rs. 10/- per tonne.There are documents in Arabic, letters to and from the Sheikh and BAPCO's 'Statement regarding Oil Royalties paid to his Highness Shaikh Sir Sulman bin Hamad al Khalifah, K.C.I.E. Ruler of Bahrein' (ff. 119-147).There is an index whithin the file (ff. 108-110).Physical description: The foliation starts on first page of the file and end on the back cover, in pencil, in top right corner of recto; f. 80 is the verso of f. 79.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on oil royalties, including abstracts of accounts of oil, statements on Royalties due to the Sheikh of Bahrain for the years 1944-1950 and receipts from the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave.The file includes 'Royalty Tank Charts' (folios 13-17).There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-160).There are various gaps in the numbering, because the following folios have been removed to file (Confidential files: 10/6 A) IOR/R/15/2/425: folios 63-82, folio 85, folio 88; and folios 91-108.Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil (later ink) in the top right corner. The numbering begins with the first page of writing, on number 1, and ends on 161, on the inside of the back cover of the file. There are various gaps in the numbering, because the following folios have been removed to file (Confidential files: 10/6 A) IOR/R/15/2/425: folios 63-82, folio 85, folio 88; and folios 91-108.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Resident at Bahrain, the Political Agent at Bushire, Bahrain Petroleum Limited (BAPCO) and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (ARAMCO) on a new refinery to be built in Saudi Arabia and on an oil pipe line to be built from Dhahran in Saudi Arabia to Bahrain.The file contains maps and sketches of the route: 'Map of East Coast of Arabia showing Saudi Arabia-Bahrein [sic] Pipe Line.' (3 copies on folios 3, 37, 68); 'Map of Reservation for Crude Oil Pipe Line, Bahrain' (2 copies on folios 37B, 70).There is an index at the end of the file (folios 64-67).Physical description: The foliation is in pencil in the top right corner of recto, starting on the cover with 1, 1A, 1B; then 2-14, 14A; 15-22, 22A and ending with 70, which is the last number given to the last folio of the file (folios 43, 51 do not exist).
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the claim of the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud on islands off the Bahrain coast, on which he had erected concrete slabs and bronze plaques.The file includes letters in Arabic, four photographs representing beacons on the islands (folios 23-24; 34-35) and a map 'Portion of U.S. Hydrographic Map N. 3647 Showing Area Explored by Geological, Geophysical and Structure Drilling Methods. January 4th, 1950' (folio 14).Physical description: The main foliation is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins with the front cover of the file, on number 1, and runs through to 48, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file. There are also two other foliation sequences, both incomplete.
Abstract: The file contains a letter in Arabic from the Political Agent at Bahrain to the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah, and some confidential correspondence with the British Residency at Bushire and the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, on the oil concession and the drilling activities in the additional off-shore area, including islands, reefs and shoals.Physical description: The foliation is circled in pencil, in the top right corner. It begins with the front cover of the file, on number 1, and runs through to 11, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file.
Abstract: The file 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 (BAPCO) on the temporary modification to the agreement on the Bahrain additional area during the war.The file also contains correspondence on the ownership of Hawar Island and Deebel and Jaradeh shoals, between Bahrain and Qatar, and maps of 'Bahrain & Vicinity' (3 copies on folios 14, 15, 40) and 'Hawar Island' (folio 44).There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah.Physical description: The foliation is in pencil, encircled, in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering begins on the front cover of the file, on number 1, and runs through to 62, 62A; and then it carries on until 67, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file. There is another foliation, incomplete: the numbering starts with 1 on the first page of writing (folio 2) and ends with 203 (folio 66); missing folios: 2-14; 20; 23-25; 29; 31-39; 197; 199-201.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Darlymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the construction of a new wharf for the Bahrain Port in Sitra.The file includes a technical drawing representing 'General Piping Arrangement. Cargo Pier. Sitrah Island - Bahrain' (folio 18).There is an index at the end of the file (folio 16).Physical description: The foliation starts on first page with writing (first page of the file). Foliation is in pencil in top right corner of recto.