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'File 5/1 IX Kuwait Oil Company' [44r] (92/406)
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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Article 5 .
(A) For the purposes of its operations hereunder
the Company shall have the riaht without hindrance to construct
and to operate power stations, refineries, pipelines and
storage tanks, facilities for water supply including boring for
water, telegraph telephone and wireless installations, roads,
railways, tramways, buildings, ports, harbours, haroour worns,
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 ror such purposes ro use free
of all payments to the Shaikh any so one, sanci, grovel, gypsum,
clay or water which may be available and may be required for its
operations hereunder, provided always that the inhabitants of
the State of Kuwait are not prevented from taking their usual
requirements of these materials and mat cue water supply Oj. ohe
local inhabitants and nomad population who may be dependent on ohe
same is not endangered. The Company shall at its discretion but
in consultation with the Shaikh select the position of anysuch
works- The Company may 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
accept and transmit free of charge on its wireless and telegraph
installations such of the Shaikh’s messages as will not in^e-xere
with the Company’s business, and in times ox national enmrgencj
the Shaikh shall have full use free of charge of the Company’s
wireless and telegraph installations and railways for governmental
purposes.
(C) The Shaikh's ships shall have the right
to use harbours utilised or constructed by the compemy,
provided that such use in no way hampers the Company or
interferes in any way with the safety oi i-& op^xauions of
which the Company shall be the sole judge, -^ny whenves or
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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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- 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