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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [27v] (54/328)
The record is made up of 1 volume (157 folios and 7 maps in pocket). It was created in 1940. 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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3. Oil. —In January 1934, the Kuwait Oil Company wai
formed by agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company and the American Gulf Oil Company. The
control of the Company is on a fifty per cent, basis, but
by the terms of the agreement between His Majesty's
Government and the Company British control is ensured.
This is satisfactory as the oilfields in Kuwait are strategi
cally well-placed in that naval dispositions to protect the
present source of supply in south Iran would in a large
measure afford protection to sources of supply in Kuwait.
Further, Kuwait would be a convenient alternative requir
ing little diversion of shipping or change in protective dis
positions should the A. I. 0. C. output from Abadan be
interrupted.
Early in 1935, the Sheikh granted a concession to the
Company which covered the whole of Kuwait territory.
Drilling was first commenced in May 1936, at Bahra, on
the northern shore of Kuwait Bay, but this was abandoned
after drilling had been carried without results to an
approximate depth of 8,000 feet. A second well was com
menced at Burgan, 30 miles south of Kuwait, in October
1937, and oil was struck in February, both the quality
and pressure being good. The present situation (Septem
ber, 1939), is that there are, in the Burgan area, two com
pleted and sealed wells, and a third well, in process of
drilling, has just struck oil. Prospects for oil development
are, therefore, definitely good.
There is as yet no refinery or oil pipe laid, but the
Company are proceeding with the building of a jetty at
Shuwaikh, on the coast 2 J miles west of Kuwait town,
where there is already a water pumping station. Other
developments of the Company are the Oil Personnel Camp
at Maqwa, twelve miles south of Kuwait, and buildings in
the town, at both of which the accommodation is to be
increased. At Maqwa it is intended to construct a " Service
Unit ; this is a small self-contained rectangular fort in
which reserve supplies are held and where the personnel
can concentrate in emergency, similar establishments are
to be found at the oil pumping stations on the pipe line
from Kirkuk to Haifa.
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This volume contains geographical information and maps about the Arabian States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It was produced by the General Staff, India, and printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1940.
The volume is divided into two sections: 'Military Report' including general descriptions of Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Muscat and Oman (folios 6-127) and 'Routes' (folios 128-164) including maps of:
- The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Muscat and Oman, and Routes in the area (f 158);
- Kuwait Area (f 159);
- Bahrein, Hasa and Qatar (f 160);
- Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (f 161);
- Muscat and Oman (f 162);
and sketches of:
- Bahrein Oil Company's area and important places (f 163);
- Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai] (f 158).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (157 folios and 7 maps in pocket)
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There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last of several maps which are stored in a pocket at the back of the volume, on number 164.
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C252
- Title
- 'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:156v, 158r:164v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence