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'File 5/1 VII Kuwait Oil Company' [208r] (420/458)
The record is made up of 1 file (225 folios). It was created in 22 May 1933-30 Dec 1933. 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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T^is Agreement h s been concluded between His Excellency
’ bdulleh al SuleymF,n?>l He mdan Minister of Finance of the
Sa’udi rab Kingdom, on beh If of the Se’udi Arab Government
hereinafter called the Government, on the one hand, and Mr
L.H. Hamilton, on behflf of the Standard Oil Company of
California, hereinafter called the Compfny, on the other
hand*
The /greement concluded between the Government and
the Company is as follows:-
Articlel * The Government grant the Oompi ny in purs ance
of this agreement and in conformity with the following con
ditions concerning the area defined hereunder, for a period
of sixty years as from the date on which this agreement is
put into force, full right to survey, ; -r-&yecrt, drill, extr ct,
produce, treat, manufacture, transport, handle and export
petroleum asphalt, Uaphta (min/er&l oil) natural grease and
tallow, other carbonaceous liquids^ and the extracts ol these
produett* It is understood th t this right does not under
any circumstances include the grant oi full light to sell
crude or refined products within the limits of the undermen
tioned. zone or within the S8.fiud.i Arab Kingdom* (sic, 1
rticle 8. The area to which tne full right referred to
in Article 1 of this agreement applies has been agreed upon
between the two contracting parties*
5 . The Company shell remit to the Gorernment within
the period agreed upon in this agreement a preliminary loan
as g&reed.
Article 4 . The Company shall pay to the Government annually
an amount, which has been agreed upon. This payment will for
the sake of simplicity be denoted as “annual rent” and this
rent shall be paid in advance. The rent for the t.ist year
shall be paid within theppriod provided for in the article 15
of this Agreement; and subsequently and for so long as this
agreement is not cancelled the annual rent will be t^hle
at the beginning of each period of one year reckoned trom^he
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This file contains papers relating to the securing of oil agreements in Kuwait. Most of the papers consist of correspondence between various British Political Agents in Kuwait and Bahrain, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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 British Legation at Jeddah. The papers discuss the British governments position with regards to exploring for oil in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region with the view to securing as many contracts as possible for British firms as the region became increasingly visible to international oil companies after the discovery of oil in Bahrain in 1932.
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- 1 file (225 folios)
- Arrangement
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 227; 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 6-222, and ff 180-222; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/242
- Title
- 'File 5/1 VII Kuwait Oil Company'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:226v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence