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File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [280v] (126/338)
The record is made up of 1 item (168 folios). It was created in Apr 1909-Jul 1919. 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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made our arrangements with the Shaikh locally in an amicable manner, and not
threatened him with the wrath of the Central Government at Tehran, to which
he is less inclined to defer than formerly, in view of the present state of affairs
there.
9. I think that it is possible that an arrangement may be come to whereby
the Shaikh should receive from the Company an annual icntal per acre for the
ground taken up for the purposes of boring and exploitation. This rental would
no doubt be in excess of the value of the land for agricultural purposes, but in
this way the question of mineral rights might be avoided.
Whether it will be possible to induce the Shaikh to forego his rents during
the period of prospecting remains to be seen. I will do my best in the matter.
10. I have, I trust, shown that the claims of the Shaikh are in no way fic
titious, but worthy of careful consideration, in view of his exceptional position in
Arabist an, and that it is in the interests of your Company to approach the ques
tion in a conciliatory spirit, recognising that the question has two sides, and that,
whatever we may think of the conduct of the Persian Government in granting
exclusive rights to one party subsequent to having parted with certain rights to
another party, we cannot blame the Shaikh for seeking to get what his farman
entitles him to, and for which he has paid a heavy price.
11. lam quite prepared to enter on negotiations and to do my utmost to
arrange a satisfactory settlement, but I think that a more liberal anangement
than that adumbrated by the Directors may be necessary, in view of all the
facts.
I hope to deal in a separate letter with the position of the Persian Govern
ment, vis-df'vis the Company in regard to the apparently somewhat illusory
rights granted to the Company by articles 3 and 4 of Mr. D Arcy s concession.
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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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- File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.'
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- 218r:242v, 243v:246v, 247v:255r, 256v:257r, 258v:264r, 265r:267v, 269v:271r, 272v:273v, 275v:278r, 280r:282r, 283v:284v, 285v:293r, 294r, 295v:315r, 316r:316v, 319v:325v, 328r:328v, 329v:331v, 332v, 333v:336v, 337v:338v, 339v:340v, 341v:347v, 349r:349v, 351v, 353v:358v, 362r:382v, 384v:386v
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