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p" 13 ^ cated m ^{ l0 Gisakan Kuh, about 40 miles from Eushire.
English coal sells at that port at from 40s. to 45s. per ton
and it would be possible to sell Persian coal at one-half the
price and yet make a profit on the transaction.
Oil. — There are two distinct areas.
extreme north of Azarbaijan, along the
Russian frontier, the general trend being from the north-west of
>* 1 ^ Thl8 de P°sit is considered to - be of oreater
value than the Baku fields of the Trans-Caucasus.
The second area is from, and including, the Kuh Jahak
in a south-easterly direction to the Persian Gulf. This field has
immense possibilities.
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JP 16 od reso urces of the country deserve special mention,
as the enterprise has assumed an aspect of national importance
u- . tain in connection with the urgent necessity
which has arisen for earmarking and assuring ourselves of
sources of supply of oil sufficient for the needs of His Majesty’s
Oil fields.
Persia abounds in petroleum springs ; but the richest sources
are in a belt from the Diala River in Kurdistan, following the
trend of the mountains on the southern slopes and plains, to
Ahmadi near Bandar Abbas. Oil has been found in quantity
at Maidan-i-Naphtun and has also been proved at Qasr-
bffirin whilst surface indications of petroleum have beenobserv-
ed at White Oil Springs (near Ram Hormuz), Qishm, Daliki
Ahmadi, Rudan, Champa Kuh, Jask, and numerous other
places. In 1901, the Persian Government granted an English
man, Mr. D’Arcy, the exclusive right to bore for oil in Persia
except m the provinces of Azarbaijan, Gilan, Mazandaran,’
Astarabad, and Khorasan. These were excepted, as the Grand
Vizier was afraid of giving umbrage to Russia. In the conces-
sion R was agreed to pay the Persian Government £20,000
sterling in cash, £20,000 sterling in paid up shares, and 16
per cent, of the annual nett profits. The concession runs for
60 years from the 28th May 1901.
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