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Coll 30/102 'Bahrain Oil Concession: Negotiations between (a) the Iraq Petroleum Coy. and (b) the Standard Oil of California regarding the Bahrain oil concession.' [65v] (135/232)
The record is made up of 1 file (112 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1934-4 Apr 1945. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the 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. .
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2
The selection of routes and sites for such
works and the course of the pipe-lin *&!!
rest with the Company.
The Company shall at their own expense
maintain and keep in repair the existing
and all other necessary boundary marks at
the corners of the leased area, according to
the demarcation shown in the plan hereto
annexed, so that the boundaries of the
leased area may at all times throughout
the term of this lease be clearly defined.
Article II.
THE Sheikh grants gratuitously to the
Company all land uncultivated at the date
of this leg^rdn'-aiiT'p^y of the ternfory
underTuscoiTtror wEich may be nee ded by
the Company for {Heir operations, efclud-
ing, however, the land within the municipal
boundaries of Muharraq and Manama (as
defined by a red line on the map attached
and forming the Second Schedule hereto)
and the land within a radius of 300 yards
from the northeast corner of the Sheikh’s
Palace at Sakhir (as defined by a green
circle on such map) PROVIDED ALWAYS
that to the extent and for the period to
and for which the Company shall use any
uncultivated land belonging to the Sheikh
in his private capacity and falling within
the land not excluded in the preceding
provisions of this paragraph (other than
the pieces of land used by the Company
at the date of this lease and shewn on the
map attached hereto and bounded by a
blue line) the Company shall, if so
requested by the Sheikh, pay to the Sheikh
compensation for the use and occupancy of
such land. Any such compensation shall
not exceed a fair and reasonable recom
pense to the Sheikh for the dispossession of
his right to the surface of such land and
having regard to the prices ordinarily
current for similar land situated in the
locality; failing agreement as to the com
pensation payable to the Sheikh the matter
shall be referred to and determined by
arbitration in the manner provided by
Article XXII hereof.
tn the lands so ^anted_the Compa ny
shall for the pe riodoTThls iease enjoy full
p roprietary rightsr
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The file concerns negotiations involving the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), the Standard Oil Company of California, the Texas Corporation, and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over the rights to exploit oil in Bahrain.
The file includes correspondence from 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and 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. , Bahrain, and notes of meetings at the 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. .
The French language content of the papers consists of a French Government report on Bahrain oil, dated 1936 (folios 16-19).
There are no papers in the file dated 1938-44.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (112 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 114; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-113; these numbers are printed. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 30/102 'Bahrain Oil Concession: Negotiations between (a) the Iraq Petroleum Coy. and (b) the Standard Oil of California regarding the Bahrain oil concession.'
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- 64r:72v
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