'File 5/1 VIII Kuwait Oil Company'
IOR/R/15/5/243
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The record is made up of 1 file (275 folios). It was created in 13 Jan 1934-28 Feb 1934. 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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This file contains papers relating to the initiation of oil prospecting and drilling operations in Kuwait. The majority of the papers discuss Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Eastern and General Syndicate's involvement in the beginning of oil operations, as well as their respective relationships to the British Government and the Ruler of Kuwait. Some papers discuss the expansion of oil prospecting operations across the Arabian peninsula, particularly in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The correspondence also contains ancillary discussions about borders and border disputes across the eastern Arabian Peninsula.
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- 1 file (275 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 277; 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.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-272; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/5/243
- Former external reference(s)
- 5/1 VIII
- Date(s)
- 13 Jan 1934-28 Feb 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Contract lawPetroleum
- People & organisations
- Emir of Kuwait
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/243
- Title
- 'File 5/1 VIII Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- 179r:179v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/243
- Title
- 'File 5/1 VIII Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- 140r:140v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/243
- Title
- 'File 5/1 VIII Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:139v, 141r:178v, 180r:276v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence