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'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan' [53v] (111/143)
The record is made up of 1 volume (68 folios). It was created in 1912. It was written in English and Farsi. 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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62
Article 1. —Firstly, 10,000 zars of ground adjoining the new Custom
House to be constructed at Mohammerah are granted to the Nasiri Company
gratuitously in order that it shall construct a building in accordance with the
plans proposed by Messrs. Lynch, and that they shall lease the same to the
Lynch Company from now to ten years at a rental of 15 per cent. After the
expiry of ten years both parties shall have right to renew or give up the lease.
On the remainder of the land the Nasiri Company shall have the right to build
for itself or in order to lease to others. The landing place at Mohammerah
shall be constructed by the Government, or His Excellency the Nizam-es-
Saltaneh may have constructed it on his own account, it becoming his private
property. The Government shall construct the Government house.
Article 2 .—With regard to Bandar Nasiri:
Firstly, the Nasiri Company shall construct a quay including a caravan
serai and shops in sufficient numbers at Bandar Nasiri so that vessels shall be
able to anchor alongside the quay in order to permit the landing of the passen
gers with ease and comfort, and as a compensation for the construction of the
quay, from merchandise, no matter where it originates, from each bale a toll of
one hundred dinars and from other loads one shahi per half load (case); pil
grims are exempted.
Secondly, from the quay below the obstruction to the piay above the ob
struction which is a distance of about half a farsakh, they shall
construct a route chaussee and have a number of carts for the transport
of loads ready so that native and foreign merchandise may not be delayed. To
compensate the Company for the construction of this road on each box weigh
ing from ten Tabriz maunds to twenty Tabriz maunds a tax of two shahis
shall be levied and on each bale 200 dinars shall be levied for transport ex
penses, in excess of twenty maunds in weight on bales 400 dinars shall be
levied and on other half loads (cases) 200 dinars shall be levied; they shall
have not the right to levy in excess of this. 1
Thirdly, if the work shall not go easily on a cart road, the Nasiri Com
pany is bound to lay down rails for a tramway in order not to delay the be
longings of native and foreign merchants.
Fourthly, on the eastern side of the cart road along its whole length 100
zars of land and on the western side on the bank of the river other than what
is now the property of the raiyats, from the side of the lower quay, half the
land shall be made over gratuitously to the Nasiri Company to build on as
their property.
Article 3 .—From Bandar Nasiri to Bandar Shalili :
Firstly, the concession for the navigation from Bandar Nasiri to Shush-
tar and Dizful for the transport of native and foreign merchandise is given
to the Nasiri Company. That for the present at an early opportunity they
have two vessels ready that the property of merchants be not delayed. 2
^ Secondly, should, on account of the increase of traffic, two vessels not be
sufficient, the Nasiri Company is bound to increase the number until sufficiency
is attained so that the property of native and foreign merchants be not de
layed at Bandar Nasiri.
Thirdly, military transport is to be carried at half fares.
Fourthly, the Nasiri Company to have the right to navigate from Bandar
Nasiri and business is to be done with them just as with the other Companies
navigating the Karun.
Article 4.—With regard to Bandar Shalili:
It is a Bandar in which vessels anchor; and from there to Shushtar is
about 2 farsakhs, and on account of the sand banks in the Shatt-al-’Arab (sic)
itis not possible for vessels to navigate up to the town of Shushtar.
1 Tie Muin has claimed his right under this clause to a monopoly
by whatever means, but his claim has not been admitted.
of transport between Nasiri and Abwax,
the P ^ MWixT”™ ^ ^ Na * m Com P an ^ came to an '^timely end, and it was not replaced till IQOf', by
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This volume consists of a précis issued by the Government of India which provides comprehensive details regarding the history of relations between the British Government and the tribes and rulers of 'Arabistan. The volume is divided into eleven sections as follows:
- I. British Interests in 'Arabistan;
- II. 'Arabistan: Internal Politics up to the death of Haji Jabir and genealogical table of Shaikhs of Mohammerah, 1527-1881;
- III. Shaikh Miz'als's rule, 1882-1897;
- IV. Shaikh Khaz'al's rule, 1897-1910;
- V. Shaikh Khaz'al and the Persian Customs;
- VI. Shaikh Khaz'al: Political Relations with British Government;
- VII. Piracies;
- VIII. Turko-Persian Frontier Question;
- IX. Shaikh of Mohammerah and Turks;
- X. Irrigation in 'Arabistan;
- XI. Acquisition and Tenure of Land in 'Arabistan with Annexes.
Between folios 51-70, the volume contains a number of appendices including copies of various relevant agreements. On folios 69-70, the volume contains the Persian text of a concession granted to the Nasiri Company for running ships from Ahwaz to Shushtar.
The volume was compiled by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Consul for 'Arabistan. The printing statement reads, 'Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1912'
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- 1 volume (68 folios)
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The volume opens with a contents page (folio 4) followed by a prefatory note (folio 5), a list of relevant officials (folio 6), a schedule of appendices (folio 7), eleven chapters of text (folios 8-50) and ends with sixteen appendices (folios 51-70).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 8-65.
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- 'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan'
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- 53r:57r, 58r:61v, 69r:69v
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