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'File 5/1 I Mineral and oil deposits in Kuwait territory: surveys' [‎101r] (201/216)

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The record is made up of 1 file (106 folios). It was created in 13 Jun 1912-6 Dec 1917. 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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Ar regards Bahrain. I think it in in the interest
of Governrent that the /.P.O.C., as an all British Gcvt.
controlled institution, should have exclusive oil rights
there. It would ho;.'ever be preferable that rights should
be acquired and work if any should be undertaken by t
special company under some such title as the "Bahrain
Oil Company" as were work to be undertaken or rights
aenuir^d ^y the • ,0.0, it ^i.^ht be art excuse ^or revival
of Persian claims on Bahrain.
The position as regards Toveit, v/here I understand
that recent investigations have "iven promise of good
results, is not quite the same.
If the status of the Shaikh of Xoweit vis a vis the
future British Administration of these Territories is to
be mutatis mutandis analogous to that agreed to before the
war and embodied in the draft Ahglo Turki sh Convention,
then it is open to question whether the Shaikh has power
to grant oil rights for his exclusive f*nancial benefit.
It may be better for such rights to he granted by H.I ,G.
after the war, to a selected institution on suitable terms,
with the consent of th<° Shaikh, on t.o-prna to h© arranged
with him by us.
• oreover it nay be convenient that oil ri ;ht? in
not dealt with piece weal.
If it is desired by the Admiralty urgent that
borings should be w at got it at once I thin] the work
should be taken at t'ie expense of and on behalf of f is
Administration or of the Imperi . '
it open to H. * o Govt, to deal wit 1 ' 1 owe it oil rinhtr
simultaneously with ’hose of the Occupied Territories.
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•- •
reseated Foreign Simla.

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This file contains correspondence and papers relating to some of the earliest attempts to prospect for oil deposits in Kuwait. It includes discussions between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the ruler of Kuwait, and British authorities on the potential for finding oil, and the commercial and operational arrangements required to extract it when it is found. Early versions of oil concessions are also included in the paperwork.

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1 file (106 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 108; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-106; 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
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