File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.'

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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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1 item (168 folios)

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File 1421/1908 Pt 3-5 'Persia: Oil'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/144

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/144/1

Former external reference(s)

P 1421/1908 Pt 3

History of this record

Date(s)

Apr 1909-Jul 1919 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Petroleum industry

Places

AbadanMohammerah

People & organisations

Government of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentPolitical Resident, Persian GulfHM Ambassador to IranSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsLloyd, Scott & CompanyShaikh Khaz'al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka'bī, Emir of Mohammerah

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