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PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[July 18.]
Section 3
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No. 1.
Consul-General Cox to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received July 18.)
<^ r * • Bushire, June 26, 1910,
I HAVE the honour, in order to save time, to forward to you direct copies and
translations of the Sheikh of Mohammerah’s territorial farmans, together with a copy
of my despatch of to-day’s date to His Majesty’s charge d’affaires, Tehran, giving cover
to those forwarded to him.
I have, &c.
P. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel, British Resident in
the Persian Gulf, and His Britannic Majesty's
Consul-General for Ears, &c.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Consul-General Cox to Mr. Marling.
(Telegraphic.) Bushire, June 23, 1910.
SHEIKH KHAZAL has now recovered his farmans and has shown them to
Wilson, and has sent me copies. They are most favourable and entirely bear out his
description of them. A copy of his agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
has now been posted by him to the Minister of the Interior, together with copies of
these farmans, as the agreement is based on the latter.
(Addressed to Tehran with reference to legation telegram No. 96, dated the 29th
April, 1910, and previous correspondence, repeated to Foreign with reference to Bushire
telegram No. 420, dated the 30th April.;
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Consul-General Cox to Mr, Marling.
sro.42. Confidential.) . Bushire, June 26, 1910.
lr ’ IN continuation of the correspondence ending with my telegram No. 187, dated
he 23rd June 1910 I have the honour to forward for your information copies, wit
ranslations, of the fermans conferred on the Sheikh of Mohammerah by His Majesty
lozaffar-ed-Din Shah in respect of the lands now occupied by himself and his
ribesmen.
The papers submitted consist of the following :
1. Farman dated Shawal, 1320 (January 1903), for territory at Mohammerah,
azirat-ul-Khazra (Abadan Island), Bahmanshir and Karun. ^ to
2. Instructions to His Highness Salar-ed-Dowleh to give eftect and recognition to
. Shawal, 1320 (January 1903). i j und
3. Farman dated Shawal, 1320 (January 1903), for lands at Hindyan
Jeh 4. Ul i a nstructions to His Royal Highness Salar-ed-Dowleh to,recognise and give
fleet to 3.
You will, I think, agree with me in thinking that the
■ery explicit and satisfactory, and bear out the descrip mn « „ ufmal armua ^
>y Sheikh Khazal. The word translated _ usual ^ „ established by
evenue wherever it occurs is mamooli. this, 1 1 ’ i t m- R u e d bv the
isage of the past up to now,” and could not mean w nc i m 7 assess-
isage of the future.’* The Sheikh claims the words to mean that his revenue .
nent can never be increased ; and he appears to be justified m the contention.
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