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'File 10/6 A Revision of oil royalties paid to Shaikh of Bahrain by BAPCO'

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/425

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/425
Title
'File 10/6 A Revision of oil royalties paid to Shaikh of Bahrain by BAPCO'
Date
17 Jan 1949-15 Aug 1950
Description

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 Dalrymple 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 are 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' [sic] (ff. 119-147). There is an index within the file (ff. 108-110).

Arrangement

The file contains folios removed from file IOR/R/15/2/424 (Confidential files: 10/6). There is an index (ff. 108-110). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English
Physical description
1 file (147 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
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.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/006bd423-c813-497f-8414-b01fef8e57e4/

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IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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'File 10/6 A Revision of oil royalties paid to Shaikh of Bahrain by BAPCO'