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File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [295r] (155/338)
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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farman and of this august autograph,
engage himself in rendering services
territory.
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.
-i-Arfaa should remain at ease and
by performing State alfairs and guarding the
Dated the month of Shawal, 1320.
(Royal Seal.)
(Seal of Mozaffar-ed-Din Shah.)
Seal on the reverse :
Atabeg-t-Azam.
Enclosure 5 in No. 1.
Farman, dated Shawal, 1320 (January 1903) for Lands at H indy an and Dehmulla.
THAT whereas the benignant and Royal attention is always directed and set upon
the tranquillity of the towns, the case of the people and the enhancement of improve
ment and agriculture, therefore in view of the good services of His Excellency Sheikh
Khazal Khan Moez-es-Sultaneh
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.
-i-Arfaa, and of his forefathers and grandfathers,
which are always under the Royal consideration and (of the fact that) he has always
delighted and pleased the Royal mind by his good services and complete straightforward
ness (and) in order to bestow kingly graces and Royal favours we have, in this auspicious
year Pars Eel left and granted to him, as perpetual property the whole of Hindyan
and Dehmulla which are a part of his jurisdiction, together with the lands on the East of
Karun which are the place of his cultivation, so that he may with the utmost hopeful
ness and extreme zeal busy himself in augmenting the improvement of those two places,
and only pay the usual annual revenue to the Highest Government. And the present
and the future governors of Arabistan will not have the right to demand a single cent
in addition to the usual annual revenue, and 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.
-i-Arfaa also will not have the
right to sell or transfer the said properties to foreign subjects. He should, with the
utmost efficient endeavours and ample exertions, use precautions towards extending
aoriculture and conducing ease to the subjects more than before, and he is permitted
and empowered to exercise in the said localities the possessory rights of ownership of
every kind. The Government will not have the right to take possession thereof.
It is hereby ordered that the respected Mostowfis (Government secretaries) should
register and record a copy of the august Farman, and consider it their duty to do so.
Seals on the reverse :
Instructions to His Hiqhiiess Salar-ed-Dowleh to recognise and gne effect to Farman.
dated Shawal, 1320 (January 1903) for Lands at Hindyan and Dehmulla.
Atabeg-i-Azam.
V AZIR-I-D AFTAR.
Mu SHIR-ED-Do W LEH.
Enclosure 6 in No. 1.
august autograph, and consider it their duty to do so.
Dated the month of Shawal Pars Eel, 1320.
Seal on the reverse : ( Seal of “ Shah
Atabeg-i-Azam.
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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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- 293v, 294v:295r, 348v
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- Government of Iran
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