Author
the Shaikh
Publication Date
9 May 1935-14 Nov 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
283
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/399
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x0001fe
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
9 May 1935-14 Nov 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains minutes of meetings at Office of the Secretary of State for India in London, correspondence and telegrams between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Bahrain, the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the Mining Lease and on a survey of Bahrain, for the purpose of identifying the lands granted to the Company by the Shaikh, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah.
The volume includes:
copy of the lease including map of Bahrain (ff. 45-53);
description of lands owned by the Sheihk and 'Survey of the municipal boundaries of Manama and Muharraq' (ff. 33-39);
abstracts of accounts of oil measured during the first half on 1935 and 'Statement on Royalty due for the first half of 1935' (ff. 168-169);
documents on a refinery to be built in Bahrain, including letters, in English and Arabic, between the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
and the Sheikh.
There are two maps:
'Proposed reserve water well' (f. 71);
'Oil Loading Terminal at Bahrain Island,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Mooring Layout' (f. 206).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 261-272).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (ff. 261-272). 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.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential files: 10/1 XII
