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File 1421/1908 Pt 2 'Persia: oil; Ahwaz oil guard' [108r] (215/482)
The record is made up of 1 item (239 folios). It was created in Oct 1907-Nov 1910. 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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IThis Docament is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
[2163]
CONFIDENTIAL.
PERSIA.
[January 18.
ClW-
No. 1.
7.
* lr Barcla y to Edward Grey .—{Received January 18, 1909 )
(No. 319.)
1 unde ^ m J command, reached me yesterday at Mohammerah, so I have
? a y ed here ad ay extra in order to answer it. Communication with Bushire from
ionammerah is not possible by vire at present except vi& Constantinople, so I write
instead of wiring.
1 think Lorimer’s reply and the Syndicate’s maybe both correct without being:
mutually contradictory. The Syndicate, I take it, consider that the presence of Indian
oil guards at Maidan Minaftun is not now necessary. With that view 1 deliberately
concur. The people as well as the Khans are fairly well-disposed to the Company
and not likely to cause trouble at Maidan Minaftun.
Lorimer, I believe, considers that the guard should be retained in order that it
may be utilized should the Company commence operations at Deh Luran, Behbahan
or elsewhere; he also is not convinced that the Khans will remain in their present
trame of mind—apparently an abnormal one. I fully agree with him. I have travelled
extensively over the whole country from Dizful to Behbahan and from Mohammerah to
tlmdian, and I believe that, should boring operations be commenced at a new place,
obstacles will be met with similar to those encountered at Mamatain, i.e., popular
opposition fostered by the avarice of local Chiefs, and that the presence of an Indian oil
guard will be almost essential.
p ^ e J nolds come s out again as manager shortly, I believe, and until we hear
whether he proposes to commence borings elsewhere than at Maidan Minaftun, I think
that, for this reason alone, decision should be deferred.
The laying of the pipe will be a big business, and local opposition may be aroused
in P^ces whither the Oil Company have not yet penetrated, but which will be traversed
by the line. The line will pass within a few miles of the Ab-i-Gargar, which has been
[2088 s—13]
I have, &c.
(Signed) G. BARCLAY.
(No. 106.)
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Captain Trevor to Sir G. Barclay.
1 have, &c.
(In the absence of the Consul- General),
(Signed) A. P. TREVOR,
A. P. TREVOR, Captain, First Assistant.
My dear Trevor.
Inolosure 2 in No. 1.
Lieutenant Wilson to Captain Trevor.
^ ’ vy ' L j j\OVCITlUGV lo X030
YOUR letter of the 10th November, 1908, regarding the retention of the Indian
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Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to the deployment of a consular guard at Ahwaz to protect British subjects working in the region. The correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, 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. , and representatives of Concessions Syndicate Ltd (later Anglo-Persian Oil Company). Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- British Minister to Persia;
- George B Reynolds, geologist for Concessions Syndicate Ltd;
- Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, Vice-Consul in Arabistan, at Ahwaz;
- Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;
- British Treasury;
- Percy 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. , at Bushire;
- William Knox D'Arcy, petroleum entrepreneur.
The papers cover several matters, including:
- the size of the guard and length of the period of deployment;
- the question of who will bear the cost of the guard and its accommodation;
- pay and allowances of staff;
- relations between the Bakhtiari tribes and the Syndicate;
- an increase to the guard at Isfahan;
- the proposal to replace Government of India guards with local Bakhtiari men.
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