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'File 10/1 XVI Bahrain Oil Concession'
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/403
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This record is a file about the 'File 10/1 XVI Bahrain Oil Concession' dating from 5 Mar 1939-5 Nov 1940.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/R/15/2/403
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'File 10/1 XVI Bahrain Oil Concession'
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Date (When the record was created)
- 5 Mar 1939-5 Nov 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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The volume contains 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 reservation of land and infrastructures to be built on Sitra Island and some correspondence with the Sheikh of Bahrain, asking for his help to retrieve 116 cases of dynamite dispersed in Huwais on the Qatar coast during a storm and taken by locals (folios 135-136). The volume also includes semestral 'Abstracts of accounts of oil measured' and 'Statement on Royalty' and monthly details on 'Shipments of oil from Bahrain' for 1938-1940. There are maps showing:. 'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Permanent Camp (Awali) Reservation' (f. 46); 'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Rifa Class II-B Townsite' (f. 57); 'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Reservation for Golf Course & Agricultural Purposes' (f. 90); and Tank Charts (ff. 206-209); There are some letters and documents in Arabic, mainly letters to and from the Sheikh. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 251-270).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 251-270). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Arabic; English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume (276 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- The main foliation sequence commences at the titlepage and terminates at the 4th sheet from the rear of the volume; numbering 1-270 is written in pencil, is encircled and can be found in the top right corner. A second foliation sequence commences at f 3 and terminates at folio 250; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/83e9736d-55ce-43ef-b9e8-d8bd6e0a5ad1/
Series information
IOR/R/15/2
Political Agency, Bahrain
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/R
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Within the sub-fonds: IOR/R/15
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Within the series: IOR/R/15/2
Political Agency, Bahrain
Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/139-916
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
Within the sub-sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/388-460
File 10 Oil and Minerals
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'File 10/1 XVI Bahrain Oil Concession'