File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [‎350r] (265/338)

—— D - Ument is the PrQ Pert y of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.I
PERSIA.
[June 11 .]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 4.
[21783]
No. 1 .
Anglo-Persian Oil Company to Foreign Office.—(Received June 11 .)
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Dear Mr. Mallet, Winchester House, Old Broad Street, London, ~
SHEIKH OF MOHAMMERAH. J “ ne 9 > 1909 -
teleg^hllTa^L^ogitLTthi^ 7 * h instant > ;t a PP^« “e that
notle Lttled before “ of ^ lease will
ment between the company^nd^he afeik^ri^MohM tljree , C0 P les of a form of agree-
recommend my co-directors to m2 lZ7 , Mo hammerah, such as I am prepared to
agreement, and as its clauses are numtered^tf anv 6 ^ 6006 h^' 1 'V* 116 “. Ma , nadale ”
necessary, it will be facilitated. ’ y telegraphing about it becomes
The thinf copy hm^with b for your°2& *° C ° X ^ and an ° tW to Tehran.
Yours truly,
E. W. WALLACE.
Inclosure in No. 1 . 1 ^
Ageeem^ot entered mtote^een 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. Arfa, Amir toman 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , Sheikh Khazal Khan.
called “the sheikh ’^ud M 4 Mohammerah, on the one part and hereinafter
called the sheikh, and Messrs. Anglo-Persian Oil Company (Limited) of London
^ t l he ° the 1 r P art . an d hereinafter called “the company ” in resnect of land
business. ^ h6 m the territories of the former, for purposes of their
IT is hereby agreed that, in consideration of the payment to him by the comnanv
of a tenml rental of 6,500/. the sheikh undertakes to hire to the company an area of
abo ut 65° jereebs of 4 , 6 60 squere yarfs per jereeb on Abadan Island situated between
e villages of Barem on the north anil Bawarda on the south, being bounded on the
Taboift 6 ^^TArab, and on the east by the Bahmishir River and having a frontage
flint f 7 ° n th ®. for T r a , nd ab0Ut ^rds on the latter, and a strip of land
for a light of way connecting the above with the Bahmishir River.
( 2. Tne sheikh further undertakes to allow the syndicate, free of all costs, to lay
such pipe-lines as may be necessary in his lands, or in the lands for the time beina
under his jurisdiction or eased or purchased by him from others, and also such
uncultivated land as may be needed by them for telegraph or telephone stations,
pumping stations, or quarters, for line inspectors or staff, of not more than iereebs
at each spot. J
3. The sheikh further grants to the company the free use of an area or areas
aggregating 10 jereebs at Ahwaz with river frontages on the Karun for purposes of
storing material, erecting store-houses and such other buildings as may be needed for
the business of the company. If the company select a site or sites on the left bank of
e Kaiun they may select areas located opposite the island in the river and up-stream
10 m the garden adjacent to the landing-place used by steamers plying on the Upper
Kaiun. If the company select areas on the right bank of the river they may select one
area above the rapids and one below the rapids.
4. Should the company find the ground selected as above after further examination
not suitable for their requirements they shall have the right to select other sites of the
same area and description. Should the company require more uncultivated land
adjacent to the lands hereby leased to them, such land is to be granted to them by the
sheikh at the same moderate rate if the company asks for such further land within
three years from the date of this agreement or if they ask for such land after three
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