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'File 5/1 III Kuwait Oil Company' [‎11r] (26/766)

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The record is made up of 1 Volume (379 folios). It was created in 21 May 1924-25 May 1931. It was written in English, Arabic, Persian and French. 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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sufficient funds to provide for the great work required before an oilfield can be properly opened up and
its oil sold in the market.
Even where a number of larger oil companies arc competiting against one another as in Mexi
co and parts of the t nited States, the results are bad for the country, as such competition leads to
waste, resulting in the oil fields being exhausted very early. This has been the c,m particularly in
Mexico where a whole great field has been ruined, and as a consequence the Mexican Government is
now faced with loss of revenue from the oil.
No such fear exists for Persia, for from the start the Anglo-Persian Oil Company has worked
carefully to produce and ship to market the greatest amount of oil possible but without waste or in
jury to the valuable oilfields. The Persian Government can therefore look with confidence for a steady
and substantial revenue from its oilfields for many years to come.
Great as are the financial benefits already mentioned, which ihc people of Persia are receiving
from the oil industry, these by no means exhaust the advantages that the nation has obtained from the
presence of the Anglo-Persian Company. In regions where formerly (here were only a few scattered
peasants earning a precarious living, today arc found towns given over almost entirely !• the oil indns-
ti'}. On the Island of Abadan a great refinery has been developed, and at Mohammerah, Ahwaz, Tembi,
Maidan-i-Naftun and many other points the Company lias built great works and helped to develop the
towns and villages on modern lines. Everywhere fine roads have been built which the population make
use of, and on the Kanin Itiver a great river service has been established,
Added to these works, tin Company has built and maintains at bis own expense tbree-fnl y-
equipped modern hospitals, thereby providing full medical service for the population as well as for the
Company s workers. In Tehran itself the Company contributes to the support of a fourth hospital, and
as a further benefit it is now trying to have established technical schools in which Persian youths can
be trained for the more scientific work of the oil industry.
Socli brief!) describes the history and work of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the most impor
tant single enterprise in Persia today, and the one which is doing the most to restore the ancient pros
pei it\ of the Empire of the Shahs. It was a fortunate circumstance for Persia'that to a subject of
Great Britain, whose Government for generations has been the firm friend of Persia, should have fallen

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This volume contains correspondence and contractual agreements signed between 1924 and 1926 on oil exploration and export rights in Kuwait, and to a lesser extent, other Gulf territories. The correspondence is primarily between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company based in Abadan, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait, the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, and the Ruler of Kuwait. The file contains one foldout map of Kuwait's territory drawn for oil exploration at folio 157. The file contains Arabic documents that are primarily letters to the Ruler of Kuwait from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait, as well as a multi-language pamphlet outlining the history of the Anglo Persian Oil Company in French, Persian, and English.

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1 Volume (379 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 foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 381; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English, Arabic, Persian and French in Latin and Arabic script
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