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'File 5/1 VIII Kuwait Oil Company' [‎74r] (152/558)

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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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and operate power stations, refineries, pipelines ari
storage tanks, facilities for water supply including boring
for water, telefrarih telephone and wireless installations,
roads, railways, tramways, buildings, ports, harbours,
harbour works, wharves and jetties, oil and coaling stations,
with such lighting as may be requisite and any other
facilities or works which the Company may consider necessary,
and for such purposes to tise free of all payments to the
Government anv stone, sand, gravel, gypsura, clay or water
which raav be available and may be required for its
operations hereunder, provided always 4 hat the water supply
of the local inhabitants and nomad population who raay be
dependent on the same is not endangered, *fhe Company shall
at its discretion but in consultation with the Government
select the position of any such works. fhe Company
likewise utilise without hindrance all such means of
transportation by land air and water communication or
operation as may be necessary for the effective conduct of
its operations hereunder.
(B) The Company shall under normal conditions
aocept and transmit free of charge on its wireless and
telegraph installations such Government messages as will
not Interfere with the Company’s business, and in times 0 f
national emergency the Government shall have full use free
of charge of the Company’s wireless and telegraph
installations and railways for governmental purposes.
(C) The Government’s ships shall have the right to
use harbours utilised or constructed by the Company,
provided that such use in no way hampers the Company or
interferes in any way with the safety of its operations of
which the Company shaxl be the sole judge, Any wharves or
appurtenances constructed by the Company shall be for its
exclusive use.
Article 6 . /

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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)
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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 (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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'File 5/1 VIII Kuwait Oil Company' [‎74r] (152/558), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/243, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100042722760.0x000099> [accessed 1 May 2024]

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