File 3939/1926 Pt 5 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Persia, Seistan, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan' [‎35r] (63/558)

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ncession wag
Lianozo^
d, until the
ion-payment
ose fisheries
formed the
an Govern-
id the right
^on of them
the Persian
were to be
iemens (The
'tion, infra.
came under
in 1872 and
) at Tehran.
> of the Im.
itish Royal
the issue of
le treasury;
petroleum,
mooted in
the Reuter
sions have
only two
il Azim, a
, and which
jran, which
3 these con-
nan “ anti-
lor railway
'ussian and
ispectively;
constructed
ver by the
n the same
ny for the
i since been
have fallen
idling stock
I PERSIA.' Concessions. '
! tUe War that the question of a’
and permanent way. U only ^ ^ i92& the Majli8 author i 8 ed
trunk line was seriously ta monopoly surcharge on sugar and
the Government to levy a so- anlo unting to approximately six
tea imports, tlieproceedsofwhich a^ ^ into rall
million tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. (£1,200,000) > subsequently engaged, and
way fund k American railway expertS e con8triiction of a . ra i lro ad from
in 192T the Majlis passed * Bill _ t() Bandar .i-Ga Z in the North
Khor Musa or Mohammera waa at first intended that the
by way of Hamadan aud Tehr^ ^ own account . but contracts for
Government should bui i . £ impor tant sections of the rail-
road at either ^ Fre nch participation.
syndicate vi . rarriaire road from Tehran to the south
In 1890 the concession for a Bank of Persia : and in 1898
of Persia was purchased by P ^ froin g um to Isfahan on the
the Bank secured the conCeS81 ° • whicll includes the construction and
same terms. ' The entire “ n “ 8 “ i0 . n - ^um andM ahan, and from the for-
working of the road from Tehra t^K ^ stii8ter) the extension of the
mer to Ahwar na Snltena , D h road from Burujird
latter from Ahwaz to “^"eried hy the Hank to the Persian Trans-
to Isfahan, was even u ro li a kofi of Moscow obtained a concession
port Company. In „ Transport and Insurance Company. Thi
for the establishment of T P ion , {or tbe Enzeli-Kazvin road, and
Company acquired in to Hama a an . In 1897 the Company
in 1894 that for the road from • Persian Government had
purchased the f^^ehran^road, which for tte tion of
constructed in 188 ’ q In 1902 t be Russians acquired a concessio
quay, piers, etc., at Enze . Russian frontier to Tabriz and Imk-
for a road running from Jul a Russian Bank
ing With Kazvin. In -^ "htL ^d coal situated on each aide
acquired a concession or worn a concession for a road
""a . “ ~“ t " ***
its activities to tbe Capital. ^pntpd a tobacco monopoly, the
In 1890 the Persian Government *° om the Imperial
concession for which was granted nT1( i the concession were both
Tobacco Corporation. The monopoly and the "“ oration
cancelled in 1892, and compensation was paid to tne tzOrp^
-nr i w-ff n* Petersburg obtained a concession
In 1890 Jacques Poliakoft of St. _ S ^ the ban! . j
for a loan bank and “Mont de Pie e. t b e Russian State Bank,
which had practically become an a | e ' ll> ' ,, B thf . R US so-Persian'
changed its title to Banqne d’JSscompt*. - By
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