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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [‎163r] (336/419)

The record is made up of 1 file (204 folios). It was created in 30 Oct 1925-27 Sep 1932. 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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This is an AGRK^TKNT made at Kuwait on the
1932 between His Kxcellency Shaikh Sir Ahmad
al-JaMr as-Subah, Knight Commander of the f^ost "Bminent
Order of the Indian Empire and Companion of the ?/ost
exalted Order of the Star of India, the SHAIKH OF KUWAIT
(hereinafter called "the Shaikh") on his own behalf and
in the name of and on behalf of his heirs and successors
in whom is or shall be vested the responsibility for the
control and government of the Principality of Kuwait and
the ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY LIMITED (hereinafter called
'the Company") relating to the search for production and
handling of petroleum within the territories of Kuwait.
Article 1. The Shaikh hereby grants to the Company the
exclusive right to explore throughout the whole of his
territories as shown on the map annexed hereto (excepting
only in the town of Kuwait, and in graveyards), and search
for petroleum and cognate products (hereinafter collectively
referred to as "petroleum") for a maximum period of two
years, that is until 1934 at the latest,
on the conditions set forth below.
Article 2. In consideration of the exclusive right above
granted and of the assistance and protection which the
Shaikh shall afford to the employees of the Company the
Company shall pay to the Shaikh H6.60,000 immediately
on the signature of this agreement and shall Day rs.20,000
on tae 1933 unless the drilling period men
tioned in Article 3 shall commence on or before 1933
in which event this payment of Hs.20,000 shall be cancelled.
Article 3. From the date of the expiration of the exploration
period mentioned in Article 1, that is, from the
1934 at the latest, the Company shall have, for a maximum
period/

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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the 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. in London, 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. at Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. Main subjects are the negotiations for oil concessions mainly in Kuwait, but also in Bahrain and Nejd [Najd, Jubail, Saudi Arabia] against the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes, and a geological exploration of Kuwait by APOC.

The volume also includes a draft agreement on the oil exploration license in Kuwait, in Arabic and English, dated 13 August 1932, between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, ruler of Kuwait, and APOC (folios 120-131), and a Map of 'Kuwait Bay' on folio 132A.

Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential and there are some documents in Arabic.

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1 file (204 folios)
Arrangement

The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the beginning of the volume, on folio 3, and notes at the end (folios 193-199).

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The main foliation is in pencil, encircled and in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1, then 1A and 1B; 2 and 2A; 3-128; 129 and 129A; 130, 131, 132 and 132A and then it carries on until 203, which is the last number given on the back cover. A second foliation sequence runs between ff. 3-190; these numbers are also written in pencil, are not circled and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [‎163r] (336/419), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/621, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023588189.0x000089> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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