ملف ١٩١٦//٢٩٠٢ "المعاهدات والاتفاقيات بين الحكومة البريطانية وحُكام الساحل العربي للخليج الفارسي" [ظ‎‎٦‎٠] (٤٤٨/١٣١)

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APPENDIX VI-
AGREEMENT entered into between His Excellency the Sirdar ArEa,
Amir Nuyan, Sir Khazzal Ibn Jabbir ^n, Sheikh of Mohammerab. G^
K.C.S.I. (hereinafter referred to as the Sh f kh , Antrlo-Rrsian Oil
sons, his heirs and his successors on the one part, and ^rs. An lo Pe lan
;rr .7’E. -«s «**. <„
them under their Concession from the Persian Government (which must now
and hereafter be respected). ,
1 WHEREAS by the Agreement dated 16tb July 1909 the Company as
rented Horn the Sheikh"650 jei^ebs of land at Abadan at a yea^ rent, 0 £!
uer iereeb and, by the Agreement dated 7th December 1914 they have rented
ffurthcr 720 jeilebs adfacent thereto at the same price, and whereas on to
respective dates abovementioned the Company has paid to the Shmkh £6,500
and £7,200 being ten years rent m advance, the Sheikh now D ran s h
Company the right to take up a further 1,130 jereebs on Abadan Island of
which 650 iereebs to be situated probably some four miles down-stream on he
Shat-el-Arab river below the village of Bawarda and the remaining 480 jereebs
to be situated at a spot on Abadan Island to be selected later by he Company.
Should it be found that the land near Bawarda is not suitable for the
Companv’s purposes owing to the silting up of the fore-shore or for some other
reason, the Company may select another site m lieu thereof, but it is clearly
understood that the Company shall select such land as has to be free of date
trees and has no right to land with such trees, and the public rights of way
must remain,
2. In consideration of one single payment to bim by tbe Company of ^^OOO
(fifty thousand pounds sterling) tbe Sbeikb notwithstanding anything winch as
^ -n. • r^nt, hereby grants to the
been written in previous Agreements regarding rent hereby _
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Company free of all rent for a period of 65 years, the ,. .
Clause 1 of this present Agreement: that is to.say land aggiegating m all
2,500 iereebs, and tbe Sheikh has no claim for any further payments ■what
soever in respect of these lands before the expiry of 65 years, namely, until the
first day of September 1983.
3. The Company has also the right to occupy free of rent, dining the
period referred to, such land as is required for the purpose of the laying of
further pipe-lines and the building of telephone stations, pumping stations, etc.
4. Should the Company at any time during the period referred to, owing
to their inability to procure Crude Oil desire to cease work at Abadan, the)
shall have no claim to any refund in respect of the sum of £50,0u0 paid to the
Sheikh under Clause 2 of this Agreement.
This Agreement has been written, signed and sealed at Mohammerah on
the third day of September 1918 (corresponding to the twenty-six day of
Dzulqaadah 1336).
Signed and sealed.
Witness.
Witness.
Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited.
Strick Scott & Company Limited.
Managing Agents.
General Manager.
Witness.
Witness.
Eor and on behalf of—
By the hand of—