File 537/1921 Part 2 'Persia: Oil - A.P.O. Co's development of new oil-fields; Oil Boring at Dasht-i-Qil; A.P.O. Co's agreement with Kashkuli Khans' [‎237r] (145/254)

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Enclosure 8.
Translation.
No. 307, dat?d the 7th Rabi’ 1.1340, 8t,h November 1921.
From—The Kargnzar of Fare,
To—His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz.
According to information received in the Karguzarate, the Anglo-Persian
Oil Company at DashM-Qil have made some agreements with the Kashkuli
clan, recruited a number of Sowars and Tufangchis from the same Kashkulis
under the command of Amrullah Khan, who was in the South Persian Rifles,
and given them an amount of money, cartridges, horses, etc.
In particular in the course of a letter received yesterday at the Karguzar
ate from 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. Ashair, he writes : Regarding the oil-well, as certain of the
Kashkulis without any right have made an agreement with the Company, I
officially draw the attention of the Karguzarate to the fact that, as these
Kashkulis are not the owners of the properties, their agreements are not
reliable, and will lead to difficulties.”
Therefore I respectfully beg to enquire from you : —
(1) whether such steps have been taken by the Anglo-Persian Oil Com
pany, or not ;
(2) in case it is correct, has the said Company such rights as to
conclude agreements direct with tribes and clans without the
information of, and reference to, the Governor-General and local
officials in Ears, and to arrange for armed forces,
(3) as the Kashkulis are not the owners in that locality, what reliability
will those agreements have, especially when they are effected with
out the information of the Governor-General, local officials and
the head of the Qashqai tribe? I request you kindly to inform the
Karguzarate of the facts of the case regarding these questions.
Enclosure 7.
No. 138t, dated the'8th November 1921.
From—His Majesty's Consul, Shir <z,
To—The Karguzar of Fars.
I have the honour to acknowledge the
•Enclosure 8. receipt of Your Highness’ letter No. 307/
dated the 7th Rabi ’I. ,
His Royal Hie-hness the Governor-General of Fars had ^previously written
to me, asking identical questions, and enclosing e p
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. Ashair regarding the agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Com-
pany and the Kashkuli Khans. „ T i.
If vour Highness will refer to my letter No. 1376f of the bth Rabi I to
your Hignnesa w ^ is R 0 y a ] Highness the Governor-Gene-
■tEnclofiure 3. ral, you will find fully explanations and
answers to the questions which you have asked.