'File 5/1 III Kuwait Oil Company' [146r] (296/766)
The record is made up of 1 Volume (379 folios). It was created in 21 May 1924-25 May 1931. It was written in English, Arabic, Persian 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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a preference for aragonite on the purt of the silica solution.
Underneath the hard cap fomed by the chert- Uaeetone bed,
the Kowtit grits arc again found in the usual incoherent
condition, with calcareous nodules. Alteration to Chert is
entirely a superficial phenomenon, and is confined to rocks
rich enough in Calcium Carbonate to be called limestones.
Tt sccois clear that the same siliceous agent which changed
lijaeetone to cnert, changed the ieos calcareous grit into a
quartzite*
(24-}. Mr.Lister James* description of jebei crain leaves
no room for doubt that the Koweit series is found ther also
?*ith a cap of Kandy lim> stone tartly replaced by chert. The
silicification surface thus appears a© a plane, rising from
roweit, *fcere it is found at 5 o ft. above sea level, or even
less, to Mishrif (loo ft), over Jebel \mxmh and the Burgan
hills, \hich must be about JoQ ft. to Jebel ^rain (perhaps
400 ft). The nature of the si Unification process is not
clear. C*K.Leith has recently { .con.Geo 1 XX, 6 , 1925 p .513 -
523 } remarked on the frequent association of erosion surfaces
and silicification; and aiiicification of surface rooks has
been described from the Kalahari desert of southwest Africa.
Silica appears, under appropriate conditions, to be a
relatively soluble substance. But the best known condition for
the solution of silica is the re^ence of Alkalis, it is just
conceivable that sodium carbonate waters coming; from the
granites of the Interior of Arabia may have been brought into
action on thin elongated, and comparatively narrow strip of
the Foweit series, by some accident of drainage after dopesi*
tion had ceased. Thin is, of course, entirely a speculative
idea, but it explains the apparent absence of chert and
quartzite elsewhere in the roweit series. The superficial
position now occupied by the Mishrif chert &nd the Borgan -
Warah quartzite would be due, on this line of reai oning, to
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This volume contains correspondence and contractual agreements signed between 1924 and 1926 on oil exploration and export rights in Kuwait, and to a lesser extent, other Gulf territories. The correspondence is primarily between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company based in Abadan, 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. , 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 Kuwait, the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, and the Ruler of Kuwait. The file contains one foldout map of Kuwait's territory drawn for oil exploration at folio 157. The file contains Arabic documents that are primarily letters to the Ruler of Kuwait from 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 Kuwait, as well as a multi-language pamphlet outlining the history of the Anglo Persian Oil Company in French, Persian, and English.
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- 1 Volume (379 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 381; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 5/1 III Kuwait Oil Company'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 28r:34v, 36r:39v, 42r:43v, 46r:46v, 48r:49v, 51r:51v, 54r:58v, 61r:61v, 63r:67v, 69r:99v, 102r:108v, 110r:110v, 112r:118v, 120r:121v, 123r:124v, 126r:126v, 128r:157v, 160r:160v, 162r:162v, 182r:210v, 213r:219v, 241r:282v, 304r:314v, 330r:364v, 366r:380v, back-i
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