مجموعة ٢٩/ ٧٣ "الأهواز: منح تعويض لشيخ المحمرة عن الأموال التي قدمها لإنشاء مبنى قنصلي في الأهواز" [و‎‎٩‎٨] (٣٣١/١٩٧)

"I am informed that Amir Humayun hau written to the Moin
proooaing to him that he should offer to pay Sheikh
Kha-al an amount equal to the expenditure he incurred
on the foundations of the new Consulate on condition
that he abandons any further claim to the consulate
site. *
The Amir Humayun of course, ie the Moin'e son. The letter
seems to show that at one time the pheikh had some sort of
claim on the Moin. It is all very nebulous, of course, but as
there should be no difficulty in getting the sheikh to waive
any claim in return for the money, the Foreign Office might
as well get this release*
If the whole 60,000 rupees are paid over to the
Sheikh he will, of course, h^ve becrn reimbursed all his
expenditure on this site and in this event the 6,000 odd
rupees which the India Office got by the sale of unused
materials on the site should be divided up between the
Government of India and His Majesty’s Government.
Lastly - though this is not my business - I
suppose th t we can ensure the Sheikh’s actually getting
the money. If he is a sick and aged man, virtually s
prisoner, there may be some doubt about it and I should
have thought it safer to pay him an annuity.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) W. LEI70H.