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'File 5/1 III Kuwait Oil Company' [215r] (434/766)
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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NOTE
on the
( 2L\S> J
OIL CONCESSION FOR KUWAIT,
sufc^Mtod by Major P. Holase of th# Saatern & Geaaral Syndl-
cate Limited in July 1928 .
Ihis draft concession is the same as th# Bahrain Oil
Concession signed on the 2 nd December 192 b (of which a copy
was forwarded to this Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
under
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
en
dorsement M 0 . 78 -S dated the >rd March 1926 ), with the fol
lowing exceptions
Article Y.
Ihe area of the Mining Lease is 92 0 square miles in
stead of 10,000 acres•
Article VI,
"Within sixty days from the signature of this Agreement
the Company, in consideration of the assistance and protec
tion to be afforded to their employees, shall pay to the
Shaikh the sum of Rs*>0,ooo/- and & further sum of Rs* 20 , 000 ,
on each anniversary of the grant of an exploration lioence
throughout the currency of that licence, on the grant of a
prospecting licence, under Article III, the Company shall
pay the Shaikh a sum of Rs*2Q,ooo/-, and further the Company
shall pay ©£©/- on anniversary of the grant of a
prospecting licenoe**.
The rest of the Article is as in the Bahrain Concession
Article , VIII *_
For "He and his heirs and successors shall be its
guarantors and shall accept full responsibility for any
claims by any persons questioning the validity of any stipu
lation on this &ocount , . , substitute "He and his heirs and
successors shall be its guarantors, and that he and his
heirs and successors shall resist any attempt to question
the validity of this Agreement with their utmost power. H *
Article IX.
"The Company shall employ local native labour (Jfc i*e*
countrymen) under the supervision of the Company’s European
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- 'File 5/1 III Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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