File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [‎352r] (269/338)

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[June 14.]
Section 6.
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No. 1 .
Consul-General Cox to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received June 14.)
(No. 3. Commercial. Confidential!
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’ WITH reference to mv telegrams Nos. 486 and 496, date^fhl'i 8 Th^May, \I
with trtsktiol JlX “ PleS ° f th6 VernaCUkr ° riginalS ° n Which th ^ Were baSed >
Translatlon of ^ written declaration recorded by Sheikh Khazal Khan, sheikh
C ] f A mg the / P lirchase of land > &c -» the Anglo-Persian Oil Company,
dated the 24th Kabi II, 1327 (15th May, 1909). ^ y
(n.) Translation of an undertaking given by Sheikh Khazal, sheikh of Mohammerah
m connection with the Karun irrigation scheme, dated the 24th Rabi II 1327 (15tb
May, 1909). ’ v
(iii.) translation of an undertaking given by Sheikh Khazal, sheikh of Mohammerah,
m connection with possible schemes of irrigation from rivers in his territory apart from
Karun scheme based on construction of Ahwaz dam, dated the 24th Rabi II 1327
(15th May, 1909).
2. Copies are also being sent to His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran and the Secretary
to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
I have, &c.
P. Z. COX, Major, British Resident in the
Pejsian Gulf, and His Britannic Majesty’s
Consul-General for Ears, fyc.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1 .
Written Declaration recorded by Sheikh Khazal Khan, Sheikh of Mohammerah, on May 15,
1909, regarding the Purchase of Land, fyc., by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
(Translation.)
WHEREAS a friendly discussion has taken place between me (Sheikh Khazal)
and Major Cox and Mr. McDouall, regarding the desire of the Anglo-Persian
Company to lease certain lands in the territorial limits of myself and my tribe, for
the establishment of an oil refinery and structures connected therewith, and for the
laying of a pipe line from the head of the oil wells, and for the works in con
nection therewith, and whereas it appears that their precise requirements are as
follows:—
1 . A strip of land for bringing the said pipe line from the head of the above
oil pipes to the refinery is needed.
2 . A plot of uncultivated land on the Island of Abbadan, with a frontage of
2,000 yards on the Shatt-el-Arab between villages of Braim and Bawairda is
required, the area of which shall not exceed 650 jareebs.
3. Right of way between this plot of land and the Bahmanshir {i.e., Turra)
River.
4. Right to acquire further uncultivated land contiguous to the said plot, in
case of necessity, at the same fair rate as that (ground) above mentioned from the
present date up to a period of one year. If they want it after that lapse of time it
will be leased at the fair current rate of the time.
5 . If the above plot of ground be eventually not approved for the above-men
tioned works the Oil Company have the right to acquire instead another site of the
same size on another part of the Island of Abbadan upon the same terms.
6 . If the Oil Company require any other land on the banks of the Karun, &c.,
for wharfage and storage and for other purposes, of course to the best of my power
I am ready to meet their requirements at the fair current rate of the time.
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