"ملخص لعلاقات الحكومة البريطانية مع قبائل وشيوخ عربستان. بقلم الملازم أ. ت. ويلسون، القائم بأعمال القنصل في عربستان" [ظ‎‎٥‎٤] (١٤٣/١١٣)

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in the carriage of merchandise. No charges are to be levied on domestic
cattle, goats, sheep, the property of the members of the said tribe.
Article 4.—The concessionnaires engage to complete the construction of
the road and necessary caravanserais within a period of two and a half years
from the date of the signature of this Concession.
If the construction be not completed within the stipulated term, the Con
cession will be considered null and void.
Article 5. —The concessionnaires, in order to complete the construction,
will have the right of calling in the aid of capitalists, who may lend them such
money as may be required on terms to be agreed upon between themselves and
the capitalists.
Article 6—The Imperial Persian Government grants to the concession
naires the right of protecting the whole road and all caravanserais, and the
concessionnaires engage to hold themselves responsible for the safety of all
caravans and all in connection therewith, either as regards cash, animals,
merchandise, or persons, over all parts of the road.
The concessionnaires will have the right of pursuing thieves and of re
covering goods or animals plundered by them wherever and whenever such
robberies may occur in any part of the road.
Article 7. —The administration and maintenance of the road and the
levying of tolls will remain for the whole period of the Concession in the
hands of the concessionnaires without any interference on the part of the
others, and the concessionnaires engage on their part to maintain the road,
bridges, and caravanserais in proper repair.
Article 8. —The concessionnaires will have the right of importing into
Persia any material required for the construction of the road, bridges, and
caravanserais free of customs dues, rahdari, and of any other tolls and taxes
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(Seal) (Signed) SARDAR ASAD.
ISFANDIAR KHAN.
HAJI ’ALI QULI KHAN.
(Seal) (Signed) MUSHIR-ED-DAULEH,
- Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Translated from the Persian text.
(Signed) H. PICOT, Lieut enant-C olonel.
Tehran, Afril 23rd, 1897.
Memorandum of A greement made this 3rd day of March 1898, between Messrs.
Lynch Brothers on the one side, and Isfandiar Khan, Sardar Asad,
Muhammad Hussain Khan Sipahdar, and Haji ’Ali Quli Khan on the
other.
Article 1 .—Isfandiar Khan, Sardar Asad, Muhammad Hussain Khan
Sipahdar, and Haji ’Ali Quli Khan having jointly obtained a Concession
from the Imperial Persian Government, under date the 23rd April 1897, for
the construction and maintenance of a road with its caravanserais from
Ahwaz to Ispahan and from Shushtar to Ispahan, and having in virtue of
Article 5 the right of calling in the aid of capitalists, Messrs. Lynch Brothers
agree to make such advances for the execution of the works as hereinafter
appear.
• Article 2 .—The concessionnaires agree to pay Messrs. Lynch Brothers 6
per cent, per annum on their outlay, and to repay the capital sum in the course
of twenty-five years by annual instalments of 1,100 tomans, with the proviso
that during the first and second years, commencing from the date of the sig
nature of this Agreement, no payments whether on account of interest or of
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