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'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan' [42r] (88/143)
The record is made up of 1 volume (68 folios). It was created in 1912. It was written in English and Farsi. 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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the British Government afford me assistance and co-operation in obtaining the concession
and in arranging for the supply of funds and engineers for construction of the Ahwaz
dam, and for the irrigation of the land for cultivation, and in all respects that may be
necessary m that case I have no right to give any share or participation in this affair
to any subjects of foreign powers, save it be from the British Government and from
.unoiigst British subjects, and from among outsiders and foreigners, except subjects
o e British Government. I will not permit any one to share or to participate on this
condition that the concession for constructing the Ahwaz dam should be in my own
name, and under my own control, and that the British Government do not allow any
concession for working the Ahwaz dam to be given by the Persian Government in the
name of syndicates from among their own (i.e.) British subjects or from among subjects
ot any foreign powers or of the internal Government. 1
The 24th RabV-al-Sani 1327.
KHAZ’AL-BIN-JABIR,
(L.S.) KHAZ’AL.
1 ran slat ion.— Ehaz’al, am hereby pledged and bound as regards the rivers which
are in my territories, such as the Karkhah, Shaur, Jarrahi and Hindiyan, and (as regards)
minor works of irrigation from the Karim except the Ahwaz dam scheme, should I at any
time, with a view to irrigating the face of the land, wish to take action in the direction
of damming them: seeing that it would be measure of domestic and tribal administra
tive expediency, there is no necessity for obtaining the permission of the Persian Gov
ernment. 2 * *
In furthering those measures, should I think it necessary and expedient to obtain
outside capital and assistance for the furtherance of such projects, I undertake to give
the right of refusal, for the completion of the execution, and for helping me in the
carrying out of projects to such approved British syndicates as the British Government
themselves may think fit to introduce to me and I will ask no other Government or
foreign subjects for money and assistance without first giving the opportunity of refusal
to the British, and I make this undertaking in the confidence that the aforesaid Exalted
Government have the intention and desire to see that my best interests are fully pro
tected.
The 24th RabV-al-Sani 1327.
KHAZ’AL-BIN-JABIR,
(L.S.) KHAZ’AL.
An undertaking in regard to land required by the Oil Company was
obtained simultaneously.
In reply to Major Cox’s telegram detailing the declarations the Shaikh
had given, His Majesty’s Minister telegraphed approving the declarations
and considered that the Shaikh’s stipulations were such as could be accepted.
He agreed that as regards the main scheme it would be more difficult to secure
a concession in the name of some British Company than in the name of the
Shaikh, but he could not hope that by adopting this course all difficulties
with the Majlis would be avoided. The Karun irrigation scheme was
believed to be so profitable and had been so much before the public that when
the Shaikh applied w 7 e might expect that his intentions as to working the
scheme would be subjected to the closest scrutiny and that opposition would
be considerable. But he added, w r e should have to shape our policy in many
matters regardless of eventual opposition on the part of the Majlis if we
were to maintain and strengthen our position in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. He pre
sumed that any claim for participation the Dutch Concessionaire might have
would presumably cease on the termination of his option. It might, however,
be necessary to compound with him.
1 i.e., the concession shall he in the name of no Persian or Pritish subject or foreigner but in the Shaikh s
name only.
2 It is of interest, however, to note that in the additional agreement between the Nizam-es-Saltaneh ard
Abbas Agha Tariverdieff the necessity of obtaining permission of the Persian Government and of the Majlis for
the construction of dams on the Karkhah and Shaur is assumed to exist.
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This volume consists of a précis issued by the Government of India which provides comprehensive details regarding the history of relations between the British Government and the tribes and rulers of 'Arabistan. The volume is divided into eleven sections as follows:
- I. British Interests in 'Arabistan;
- II. 'Arabistan: Internal Politics up to the death of Haji Jabir and genealogical table of Shaikhs of Mohammerah, 1527-1881;
- III. Shaikh Miz'als's rule, 1882-1897;
- IV. Shaikh Khaz'al's rule, 1897-1910;
- V. Shaikh Khaz'al and the Persian Customs;
- VI. Shaikh Khaz'al: Political Relations with British Government;
- VII. Piracies;
- VIII. Turko-Persian Frontier Question;
- IX. Shaikh of Mohammerah and Turks;
- X. Irrigation in 'Arabistan;
- XI. Acquisition and Tenure of Land in 'Arabistan with Annexes.
Between folios 51-70, the volume contains a number of appendices including copies of various relevant agreements. On folios 69-70, the volume contains the Persian text of a concession granted to the Nasiri Company for running ships from Ahwaz to Shushtar.
The volume was compiled by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Consul for 'Arabistan. The printing statement reads, 'Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1912'
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- 1 volume (68 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume opens with a contents page (folio 4) followed by a prefatory note (folio 5), a list of relevant officials (folio 6), a schedule of appendices (folio 7), eleven chapters of text (folios 8-50) and ends with sixteen appendices (folios 51-70).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 8-65.
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- 'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 24r:46v, 49r:52v, 57v, 65r:66r, 67r:68v, back-i
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