"ضمانات، وتعهدات، واتفاقيات، وغيرها. عُقدت بين بعض زعماء وخانات [حكام] جنوب بلاد فارس مع الحكومة البريطانية وبعض شركات التجارة البريطانية" [‎٨‎٦] (١٠٤/٩٦)

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No. 19.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY AND
THE ILKHANI OF THE QA8HGAIS.
[Translation.]
Article i.—The Company shall have the right to drill for oil and for water and
to make all investigations necessary for the purpose of their business in all parts
of the said territories and to construct and erect tramways, roads, building
machinery and telegraph apparatus of all kinds in any part of the said territories O so
far as may be necessary for the purposes of their business.
The Company shall have the right to collect and use free anywhere in the said
territories stone, gach, salt, sulphur, clay for building purposes, wood and water
whether from river or springs for the purposes of their work, provided that the
taking of the water is not detrimental to cultivation in the boundaries in question.
The selection of routes and sites for such work shall rest with the Company.
It is hereby explained that as long as the Persian Government have left salt
and sulphur in their natural state and free, the Company will utilize them free of
charge.
In the event of the said articles being monopolized by any Company or bv
any one under any concession, the Company will communicate with the Government
and effect an arrangement.
Article All lands whatever required by the Company for the purpose of their
preliminary exploration for oil including all or any natural springs of oil in the said
territories together with an adequate supply of water so far as available shall be
granted by the said Ilkhani to the Company free of charge, provided that the taking
of the water is not detrimental to cultivation in the boundaries in question and
withomt let or hindrance .from any of his relatives or dependents or any of his tribps-
men or of third parties. J
T. 1 .u A ° dit 1 ishe ! eb . y agreed that in consideration of the sums to be paid to the
Ilkhani under articles 8 and 9, any claim for compensation, or subsidy put forward
by third party m respect of such land or of the protection to be rendered to the
Company by the Ilkhani shall be met by the said Ilkhani or his heirs and successors
and that under no circumstances shall the Company be made to pay compensation
for the same. If the Compary finds itself obliged to pay other parties in order to
ensure the safety of their work the amount paid maybe deducted by the said
Company at their option from the amount due to the Ilkhani.
Article 5.—As soon as the Company have been successful in finding oil in
sufficient quantities to justify the laying of one or more pipe-lines to one or more
spots on the coast or elsewhere and as soon as oil is being exported thereby the
Company hereby undertakes to purchase, and the Ilkhani hereby undertakes to
dispose of, his grazing and other rights over whatever Government or other land
may be required by the Company for their operations at the following rates :-tor
CU-TV' square of hundred yards on each side ten tomans for unirrigated arable land
and five tomans for non-arable land.
It is to be understood that it will still be incumbent on the Company in accord
ance with the concession to acquire the said lands from the Persian Government in
the manner specified m their concession or from the lawful owners, whoever they
may be, by purchase or otherwise. ' wnuever mey
The Ilkhani further undertakes to sell whatever land may be in his own
personal possession at the following rates :-for every square of huudred yard, on
each side ten tormm lor unirrigated arable land and five tomans for non-arable land
Irrigated land must be acquired by the Company at a reasonable value in accordance
With the concession they hold from the Persian Government! accordance
of tii^ agreement and anvlvt ^• abSOlutC P r0 P ert y of Company for the period
or tneir agreement and any extensmn or renewal thereof, and the Comnanv shall
have full proprietary rights therein. company snail
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