PZ 465/1939 'Basra Petroleum Company: possibility of a pipeline through Kuwait territory'
IOR/L/PS/12/277
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The record is made up of 1 file (2 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1938-20 Jan 1939. It was written in English. 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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The file contains a letter to Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , from Gerald Simpson de Gaury, Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, requesting advice regarding the possible piping of oil through Kuwait territory by the Basra Petroleum Company.
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- 1 file (2 folios)
- Arrangement
This file consists of a single document.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 4; 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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/277
- Former external reference(s)
- PZ 465/1939
- Date(s)
- 22 Dec 1938-20 Jan 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Subjects
- Oil supply
- Places
- Kuwait
- People & organisations
- Political Resident, Persian GulfKuwait Political AgencyBasra Petroleum Company Limited
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- IOR/L/PS/12/277
- Title
- PZ 465/1939 'Basra Petroleum Company: possibility of a pipeline through Kuwait territory'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence