Publication Date
13 Jun 1912-6 Dec 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
106
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/236
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0000eb
Library Location
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.
Date
13 Jun 1912-6 Dec 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence and papers relating to some of the earliest attempts to prospect for oil deposits in Kuwait. It includes discussions between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the ruler of Kuwait, and British authorities on the potential for finding oil, and the commercial and operational arrangements required to extract it when it is found. Early versions of oil concessions are also included in the paperwork.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.