File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [‎270r] (105/338)

Content

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.

Extent and format

1 item (168 folios)

Written in

English in Latin script

View the complete information for this record

Share this item

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100030500368.0x000095">File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [&lrm;270r] (105/338)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100030500368.0x000095">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000025/IOR_L_PS_10_144_0552.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>

Copyright: How to use this content