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Coll 30/188 'Kuwait: Mining for Sulphur by Kuwait Oil Coy.' [‎84r] (169/351)

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The record is made up of 1 file (171 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1940-28 Jun 1945. 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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ABTICLE 1. The Shaikh hereby
grants to the Company the exclusive
right to explore, search, drill for, produce
and win sulphur whether in a pure state
or in admixture or combination with
other substances (hereinafter referred to
as “sulphur*’) within the State of Kuwait
including all islands and territorial
waters appertaining to Kuwait, the
exclusive ownership of all sulphur pro
duced and won by the Company within
the State of Kuwait, the right to refine
transport, sell for use within the State of
Kuwait or for export and export or
otherwise deal with or dispose of any
and all such sulphur and the right to do
all things necessary for the purpoFes of
those operations. The Company under
takes however that it will not carry on
a nv of its operations within areas occu
pied by or devoted to the purposes of
mosques, sacred buildings, or graveyards
or carry on any of its operations except
the housing of staff and employees and
administrative work within the present
town wall of Kuwait.
The period of this Concession
Agreement shall be seventy five (IS)
years from the date of the Company's
declaration in writing of its intention to
take up the concession.
ARTICLE ‘2 (A) The Company
shall drill for sulphur to the following
total aggregate depths and within the
following periods of time at such and
so many
decide :-
places as the Company may
(i;
4,000 feet prior to the 3rd
anniversary of the date of
this concession.
(ii)
12,000 feet prior to the 10th
anniversary of the date of this
concession.
30,000 feet prior to the 20th
anniversary of the date of this
concession.
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The file concerns an agreement between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Sir Ahmed al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and a new company, the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited (formed from American interests in the Kuwait Oil Company), to explore for deposits of sulphur in Kuwait. Sulphur was used in the production of sulphuric acid, which was an essential component of almost all explosives. It was therefore considered to be an essential wartime commodity, and the British Government was keen that resources of sulphur should be available within the British Empire. Commercial and political agreements were concluded in 1940, but exploration by the company in Kuwait in 1945 discovered no indication of the presence of sulphur in workable quantities.

The papers include: 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. papers concerning the interest of the Kuwait Oil Company in obtaining a concession to exploit sulphur deposits in Kuwait, 1940; negotiations over an agreement, led by R O Rhoades; comments by 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 British Government's desire for a pre-emption clause in the agreement in case of national emergency; draft and signed copies of the agreements between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited (signed on 5 June 1940, folios 80-102), and the political agreement between HM Government and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company Limited (signed on 23 October 1940, folios 41-42); correspondence concerning explorations by the company, 1940-45; and the discontinuance of operations in 1945, following which the company's personnel and equipment were handed over to the Kuwait Oil Company.

The Arabic content of the papers consists of the Arabic text (with English translation) of the signed agreement dated 5 June 1940.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (171 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 172; 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.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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