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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Kuwait Oil Company, 1934-

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3917

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3917
Title:
Coll 30/179 'Kuwait:- Buoying of Kadhama Channel.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the temporary buoying of the channel to the Ras Kadhama anchorage, at the western end of Kuwait Bay. The request was made by the Kuwait Oil Company, to enable them to land oil well drilling material, and the work was carried out by the Persian Gulf lig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1936-7 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3823
Title:
Coll 30/104(1) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Personnel of the Koweit Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns enquiries into the nationalities of the personnel employed by the Kuwait Oil Company in Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). The British Government was keen to enforce Article 3 of the Political Agreement dated 5 March 1934 between HM Government and the Company, which stated th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1934-1 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 4 parts (655 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3825

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3825
Title:
Coll 30/104(3) 'Koweit: Medical facilities for non-Asiatic staff in Kuwait of Kuwait Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposal by the Kuwait Oil Company to recruit an American nurse in the United States for service to the American and European staff of the Company in Kuwait. The issue arose because the Company had up until that point been dependent for medical and hospital facilities on the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1939-31 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3826
Title:
Coll 30/104(4) 'INDIAN & PAKISTAN EMPLOYEES OF KUWAIT OIL COMPANY'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Indians and Pakistanis working in the Gulf states as employees of the Kuwait Oil Company, the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), Petroleum Concessions Limited, Qatar, and the Arabian American Oil Company Limited, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, particularly in terms of labour un...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1948-13 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1200
Title:
Ext 908/47 'Reuter's correspondent for Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters between the India Office’s Information Department, and H B Carter from Reuters Ltd. The correspondence regards a visit made by Reuters Ltd employers to the Kuwait Oil Company, which was interested in using Reuters’ services in Kuwait.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1947-9 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3926

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3926
Title:
Coll 30/188 'Kuwait: Mining for Sulphur by Kuwait Oil Coy.'
Scope & Content:
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 u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1940-28 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1961, f 21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1961, f 21
Title:
‘Airstrip at Fort Mushirif Layout’
Scope & Content:
The map illustrates the layout of the Kuwait Oil Company's proposed new aerodrome near Fort Mushirif [Qaşr Mushrif]. It shows the proposed dimensions of the landing strip, along with the location of the terminal building, the airstrip maintenance building, and the aircraft hangar. Contour lines ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1948
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B432
Title:
HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO KUWAIT OIL COMPANY, LIMITED. AGREEMENT relating to the Koweit Oil Concession.
Scope & Content:
Printed agreement between the British Government and the Kuwait Oil Company setting out the company's obligations to the British Government in the event of the company's obtaining a concession from the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait]. The agreement contains twelve clauses: clause 1 states that the Com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1935
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3808

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3808
Title:
Coll 30/89 'Oil: Koweit Oil Agreement between the Koweit Oil Company and His Majestys Government.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the political agreement between the British Government and the Kuwait Oil Company made in the event of the company obtaining an oil concession from the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]. The company was equally owned by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1934-29 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/1961, f 20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1961, f 20
Title:
‘Airstrip at Fort Mushirif Location Diagram’
Scope & Content:
The map shows the location proposed by the Kuwait Oil Company for a new aerodrome in Kuwait near Fort Mushirif [Qaşr Mushrif]. It shows the position of the proposed airstrip in relation to Kuwait town, Fanaitis [Al Funayţīs], and Fantas [Al Finţās]. It also includes distance arrows indicating th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1948
Extent:
1 map