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'File 5/1 IV Kuwait Oil Company' [16r] (36/604)
The record is made up of 1 file (298 Folios). It was created in 2 Jun 1931-7 Aug 1932. 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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Confidential
B.O.ITo.316-S of 1931.
British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
,
Bushire, the 2nd June 1931
Reference correspondence ending with your .0,0
letter -No.72 of the 25th May 1931, to Bradshaw,
I am sorry that I have not had an opportunity of
seeing you before you left, and that also I shall not have
the benefit of your support at Kuwait during my t enure
of Bushire* However, I am sure that Greenway will prove
a good substitute.
It is curious that you and I have never met consider
ing that we were alongside one another more or less in -Iraq
in neighbouring districts for some time, and have now been
together in the Gulf. However, I hope we shall meet when
you come back from leave,
I have just been going through the Kuwait Oil
Concession which is filled with Holmes’ activities* Colonel
Biscoe before leaving also put me wise to these. The
situation, as I understand it, is that the Shaikh insists
on the inclusion of the "British Control Clause", which of
course we are all out for, and that the Eastern and General
Syndicate are not prepared to swallow it; which is all to the
good. If at any time -3ai did accept it then the ether
objections to their proposed agreement pointed out by you
and endorsed by Colonel Biscoe could be taken up.
The
Colonel H.R.P. Dicks on,C.I*E
4 PA
OS'
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This file contains correspondence relating to the initiation of oil exploration operations in Kuwait. Its papers detail the initial stages of geological prospecting and the agreements drawn between British authorities, the ruler of Kuwait, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Of note are papers that discuss the role of Major Frank Holmes in initiating the operations of the Eastern and General Syndicate in the Gulf. Arabic correspondence consists primarily of letters between the ruler of Kuwait 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 (298 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 300; 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 3-295; 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/15/5/239
- Title
- 'File 5/1 IV Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:6v, 8r:10v, 12r:30v, 33r:49v, 51r:84v, 86r:99v, 101r:118v, 120r:126v, 128r:134v, 136r:161v, 164r:186v, 188r:188v, 190r:190v, 193r:198r, 199v, 201r:201v, 223r:224v, 226r:241v, 243r:249v, 251r:291v, 295r:299v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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