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Coll 30/188 'Kuwait: Mining for Sulphur by Kuwait Oil Coy.' [86r] (173/351)
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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^ this Agreement during such year. The Shaikh
or his representative shall have the right
to check such returns and statements which,
as well as any reports, shall be treated as
confidential by the Shaikh with exception
of such figures therein as the Shaikh may
be required by law to publish.
ARTICLE 5. (A) For the purpose
of its operations hereunder the Company
shall have the right without hinderance
to construct and to operate power sta
tions, refineries, pipelines and storage tanks,
facilities for water supply including boring
for water, telegraph, telephone and wireless
installations, roads, railways, tramways,
buildings, ports, harbours, harbour works,
wharves and jetties, oil and coaling stations,
with such lighting as may be requisite and
any other facilities or works which the
Company may consider necessary and for
such purposes to use free of all payments
to the Shaikh any stone, sand, gravel, gyp
sum, clay or water which may be available
and may be required for its operations
hereunder, provided always that the inhabit
ants of the State of Kuwait are not prevent
ed from taking their usual requirements
of these materials and that the water sup
ply of the local inhabitants and nomad
pupulations who may be dependant on the
same is not endangered The Company may
select the position of any such works at
its discretion but in consultation with the
Shaikh. The Company may likewise utilise
without hinderance all such means of trans
portation by land, air and water communi
cation or operations as may be necessary
for the effective conduct of its operations
hereunder. But the Company shall make
the fullest use of the Kuwait Landing Com
pany for its transport work that is possible
and practicable, but the Company - having
regard for the special nature of the mater
ials to be handled - shall be sole judge of the
transport work that must be carried out
by the Company’s own equipment and
personnel
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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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