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come to an agreement with the Kashkuli, whose winter quarters lie so far
distant from the winter quarters of the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. (east of Forozabad) that the
latter would in practice be unable to force them against their will to give
the requisite local protection and assistance to the company.
dhe company would have preferred to come to an agreement with the
Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. and with the Kashkuli simultaneously, or, first, with the former and
then with the latter ? but thrs course was found to be rmpractrcable, owing
to the strained relations existing between the Kashkuli Khans and the
Ilk ham at that time, and owing to the fact that the dates of migration and
lines ot movement of the two parties made a joint meeting impossible.
(4.) At the time of signing the agreement with the Kashkuli, however, the company
had publicly and formally announced its intention of coming to an amicable
agreement on the subject with the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. , whose authority over the
Kashkuli it had at no time questioned.
(5.) The company could not consent to cancel the Kashkuli Agreement, which was
entered into in good faith on both sides, and which would still be necessary
for the smooth working of these operations, even though they enjoyed to the
fullest extent the goodwill of the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. , but were prepared to make it clear
that they recognised the authority of the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. over the Kashkuli and to
make the continued payment of subsidies to the Kashkuli dependent on the
continued submission of the Kashkuli to the lawful authority of the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. .
3. The Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Ashair replied by demanding that the agreement offered to him
should not be less advantageous to him than that of the company with the Bakhtiari
Khans, who, he said, would never have tolerated subsidiary agreement between the
company and tribes subordinate to the Bakhtiari Khans.
4. The question of Ilbegi was discussed; Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Ashair said that for practical
purposes no such official had existed for many years past; the analogy of the Bakhtiari
system did not apply ; the matter w r as disposed of as shown in the agreement.
5. I finally intimated that, subject to the usual provisions, the company was
prepared to give the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. a 3 percent, interest in any companies formed for the
extraction of oil in Kashgai territory, including the Kashkuli area, the Kashkuli Khans
continuing to draw the ‘2,000i. per annum they already receive. The cost to the
Approximate Amount of Subsidary granted
To Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. .
To Kashkuli.
£
£
For period of exploration ..
1,000
3 per cent, of shares
2,000
2,000
After oil is produced in paying- quan
tities, in lieu of sums drawn during
period of exploration
Ihe Kashkuli Agreement provides lor a payraem oi , • & i 1 ^ i t
exploration, to be replaced by a payment of 4,000L after oil 1S # ® > to e ie P
the option of the company by 3 per cent, of shares of Kashku i i rlnrino’
The additional outlay involved by the new agreement with Soulet is 1,0001
period of exploration, * 2 , 0001 . after oil is produced in paying quan 1 • t |
6 . Alter I had announced the company’s readiness to make t llh Hrl end’and
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Ashair changed the conversation, the meeting soon a ter came followed
negotiations, which had hitherto been pursued in the presence o e ’ Persian
a f the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Ashair s desire, a more subterranean course, oui ne p c urse the
secretaries being used as intermediaries. The principal o s ac e A’ er i Bv'next
Kashkuli Agreement, which Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. desired to see cance^
piornmg, however, after lengthy discussion lasting to a ’
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Agreement late in the afternoon and undertook to o:qam e . . i ^ i ar ^ g p a * r ■ 11
signatories. The former left the tribe early in the spring an j with us to
w hose camp he now resides; the latter joined us at Kamaiij ^ 1 moment and
bhiraz ; he was brought in by Mr. Clegg by car from Shiraz at the last moment, and,,
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