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'File 5/1 VI Kuwait Oil Company' [‎9r] (22/620)

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The record is made up of 1 file (306 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1933-25 May 1933. 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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~- Cle 6 ‘ In eonaidenttion of the pajnaents by the Company
prescribed in Article 4 hereof and to aesist in the
development of tht natural resources of Kuwait the
Company shall have the right for the purposes of its
4 operations hereunder freely to import or export
• ithout my tfexet duties or payments to the Shaikh
^ 4.1 uuehinez'y materials equipment or goods which
twy tn required.
Article, 7. me Company shall have the right to import
10 water free for its operations and employees and the
right to purchase at current market rates fuel and
food and other supplies of every kind in connection
with its operations hereunder and the Company shall
einploy subjects of the Shaikh as far as possible for
if all work for which they are suited under the supervision
of the Company*a skilled employees.
Article , 8 . The Shaikh grunts to the Company free of cost
the free use and occupation of all land belonging to
the Shaikh which the Company may need for the purposes
of its operations hereunder; it is furthermore agreed
between the Shaikh -and the Company that the Company
may buy or lease for such purposes any lands houses or
buildings on conditions to be arranged with the
proprietors thereof but at rates not in excess of
13 th088 ordinarily current in their respective localities.
Jn the termination of this Agreement all lands
granted by the Shaikh and any lands or buildings which
the umoony may have bought and any houses or buildings
constructed by the Company within the territories of
ja Kuwait shall be handed over to the Shaikh free of cost.
iiSSlele J. Ail lands granted by the Shaikh to the Company
and all lancia houses and buildings acquired by the

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This file contains papers relating to the negotiations on oil exploration and extraction agreements between the ruler of Kuwait and the British Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait. The majority of the papers discuss the controversy surrounding the competition between the Anglo Persian Oil Company and the Eastern and General Syndicate for oil contracts in the territory of Kuwait. Arabic documents are either correspondence between 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 and the Ruler of Kuwait or translations of agreements relating to oil concessions in Kuwait.

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1 file (306 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 308; 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 20-302; 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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