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'File 5/1 XI Kuwait Oil Company' [205r] (414/452)
The record is made up of 1 file (222 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1934-28 Dec 1934. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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TifflIA OFFICE.
^KFIDBNTIAL
P.Z.7733 / 34
4
K oweit Oil
at
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.
on 28th
rlPJ^iiL^QX with Mr.P.LI. Hunting^arid
Lieutenant-Colonel Bovill of Traders Ltd.
After discussion v/ith Mr. Wakely, Mr. Walton
and I saw Mr. Planting and Lieutenant-Colonel Bovill,
representing Traders, Limited, on 28th November.
Mr. Planting at the opening of the meeting
produced an official letter of 28th November from Traders
Limited to the Secretary of State for India intimating that
the Sheikh of Koweit had declared his readiness to grant an
oil concession to Traders Ltd., covering the whole of Koweit,
subject to the approval of Plis Majesty’s Government. The
Company’s official letter enclosed a draft of the concession
in the terms stated to have been accepted by the Sheikh,
together with a translation by Mr. Gabriel, the Sheikh’s
lawyer, of an Arabic letter, stated to be the Sheikh’s
autograph, from the Sheikh intimating his willingness to grant
a concession to the Company, subject to the approval of Plis
Majesty’s Government. A list of the persons and companies
associated with the application now put forward by Traders
Limited was also enclosed.
3. The Company’s representatives were informed that
the application they had put forward would cleaily require
consideration and that we would suomit the matter. In reply
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This file contains letters and agreements relating to the initiation of oil operations in Kuwait. The papers discuss the legal and logistical details of the Kuwait Oil Company's initial operations. This includes copies of some of the official contracts signed by the Ruler of Kuwait in both English and Arabic.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (222 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 213-219; 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.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/246
- Title
- 'File 5/1 XI Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:11v, 33r:35v, 37r:73v, 77r:94v, 96r:97v, 100r:114v, 116r:130v, 132r:132v, 149r:223v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence