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'File 5/1 IX Kuwait Oil Company' [41r] (86/406)
The record is made up of 1 file (199 folios). It was created in 7 Mar 1934-11 May 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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P_._ Z. 1775/5 4.
St hMarch, 1954.
DtiAFT OF KUWAIT CONCESSION.
IN THE NAME OF GOD THE MEHCIFUL
day of
This is an AGREEMENT made at Kuwait on the
in the year 193 corresponding to
135
"between His
Excellency Shaihh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah, Knight
Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
and Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India,
the SHAIKH OF KUWAIT in the exercise of his powers'as Huler
of Kuwait on his own "behalf and in the name of and on behalf
of his heirs and successors in whom is or shall be vested for
the time being the responsibility for the control and government
of the State of Kuwait (hereinafter called "the Shaikh^
and the KUWAIT OIL COMPANY LIMITED a Company registered in
Great Britain under the Companies Act,1939, its successors
and assigns (hereinafter called "the Company").
Article 1 .
The Shaikh hereby grants to the Company
the exclusive right to explore search drill for produce and
win natural gas asphalt ozokerite petroleum ana their products
and cognate substances (hereinafter referred to as "petroleurf)
within the State of Kuwait including ail islands and territorial
waters appertaining to Kuwait as shown generally on the map
annexed hereto, the exclusive ownership of all petroleum
produced and won by the Company within the State of Kuwait the
right to refine transport sell for use within the State of Kuwait
or for export and export or otherwise deal with or dispose of
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This file contains papers that discuss the beginning and expansion of oil operations in Kuwait. These range from legal arrangements with the Ruler of Kuwait, to how best to secure the oil concession for British rather than American interests. The file's main correspondents include the Foreign Office, 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. , and 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.
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- 1 file (199 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 201; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 123-140, and ff 172-196; 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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/244
- Title
- 'File 5/1 IX Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:14v, 16r:133v, 138r:151v, 156r:171v, 178r:182v, 185r:200v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence