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File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [356r] (277/338)
The record is made up of 1 item (168 folios). It was created in Apr 1909-Jul 1919. It was written in English. 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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Tologruii to Sir G. Barclay TEHRAN.
•i'.O, June 24th. 1909, 1-5 p.i.i.
No 312.
Follor/iryj for Co^,:-
Your tel i!o.620 of Juno 19 (loaoo of land by too Anglo-Peroion
Oil Coupony fron tho ShoiMi of I-IohatrjGrah)
Mr Lloyd,tho Company'o a^cnt in Persia,hac full power to oottlo
tno loaoo on tho spot. You should endeavour to arrary-e for his
You/r
precjonco at Mohcmerah during : ; visit*
I df^roo that no option is neededto reversion of buildings
otc # but if Sheikh ref ore to it, you can point out that tho con
ditions of the 1905 Bakhtiari agreemt uoro understood to refer
only to any catcha buildings that night be loft at tho expira
tion oi concession and not,as in the present case to the ocuno
property as is referred to in Art. 15 of tho Agrconont with tho
Persian 0-ovt of 1901. principal difforoncos botv/con tho
two drafts aro:-
(a) Pothing appears in tho new draft as to rovorsion of build
ings and machinery to tho Khans,but I havosincc soon ropreson-
tativo of Conpony who would not object to tho aero otatcaont
in tie- agroonont that the buildings aachinory etc will be left
on the round at tin expiration of tho concession. This my
therefore be inserted. If necessary you my in this connection
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give tho assurance suggested in Sir G-. Barclay’s tel No.460
(of June n) but this oust not appear in the agreement.
(b) The lease from tho Sheikh met be for tho tern of the
T 'oraian Oovt’s concession or for any renewal thereof.
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Part 3 consists of correspondence relating to an agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Shaikh Khazal-Bin-Jaber [Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī] of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India (Foreign Department), Foreign Office, and 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. . Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;
- British Minister to Persia, Tehran;
- representatives of Anglo-Persian Oil Company;
- Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. ;
- Shaikh Khazal of Mohammerah;
- Messrs Lloyd, Scott, and Co., agents of Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Mohammerah;
- Persian government officials;
- Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia.
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- the negotiations over a loan to Shaikh Khazal by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for the use of land on Abadan Island for an oil refinery;
- the question of what is to be done with company buildings on the island when the concession period ends;
- the nature of Shaikh Khazal's rights to the land in question;
- the Persian Government's exceptions to some of the terms of the agreement;
- the question of guards for the refinery and who will pay for them.
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- File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.'
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- 218r:242v, 243v:246v, 247v:255r, 256v:257r, 258v:264r, 265r:267v, 269v:271r, 272v:273v, 275v:278r, 280r:282r, 283v:284v, 285v:293r, 294r, 295v:315r, 316r:316v, 319v:325v, 328r:328v, 329v:331v, 332v, 333v:336v, 337v:338v, 339v:340v, 341v:347v, 349r:349v, 351v, 353v:358v, 362r:382v, 384v:386v
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