'File 5/1 I Mineral and oil deposits in Kuwait territory: surveys'

Content

This file contains correspondence and papers relating to some of the earliest attempts to prospect for oil deposits in Kuwait. It includes discussions between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the ruler of Kuwait, and British authorities on the potential for finding oil, and the commercial and operational arrangements required to extract it when it is found. Early versions of oil concessions are also included in the paperwork.

Extent and format

1 file (106 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 108; 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 4-106; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/5/236

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Jun 1912-6 Dec 1917 (CE, Gregorian)

Exhibition history

Pre-1929 files on oil in Kuwait, R/15/5/236-238, originally numbered in the First Series, were renumbered in the Second Series under the subject indicator 5, no doubt in order that all papers on such an important subject should be kept together.

Subjects

Contract lawPetroleum extractionResources exploration

People & organisations

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company LimitedEmir of KuwaitEastern and General Syndicate Limited, oil company

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