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'File 5/1 VI Kuwait Oil Company' [10r] (24/620)
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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(5)
Compeny, all petroleum produced as wall as any profits
the re from shall be free of all taxes and duties or
payiaente (excepting always the payments provided in
Article 4 hereof) to the Shaikh during the period of
^ this Agreement.
Article 10 . Throughout the period of this Agreement
the Shaikh shall give to the Company and all its
employees all protection in his power from theft,
highway robbery, assault, wilful damage and destruction,
i ° hut the Company in consultation with the Shaikh shall
appoint and itself pay trustworUy guards under a
reliable man of good standing and these guards shall
protect the property of the Company and its employees
at all times.
'If in spite of the efforts of the said
guards thefts should occur the Shaikh undertakes to
take all reasonable measures to compensate the Company
for any damage sustained in his territory and for the
recovery of the property stolen,
a* In the case of serious offences the said
guards are subject to dismissal or stoppage of pay
by the Company. In the event of any heavier punish
ment being needed, the offender shall be handed over
to the representatives of the Shaikh, and the Shaikh
undertakes that punishment shall be inflicted and
that he will use his utmost endeavours to uphold the
authority of the Company.
Article 11 . If the Company shall fail to carry out its
obligations hereunder or shall fail within six months
do after any Agreement date to pay to the Shaikh the
payment due under Article 4 hereof the Shaikh acting
on the advice of 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.
shall have
the power to terminate this Agreement and all 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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