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No. 303-S., dated Busliire, the 19th October 1921.
Prom—The Hobble Lietjtenant-Colo^el A. P. Teeyor, C.S.L, C.I.E. ; Political
Resident, Persian Gulf,
To—The Hon'ble Mr. Denys DeS. Bray, C.I.E., C.B E., Foreign Secretary to
the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.
Subject '.—Boring for oil at Dasht-i-Qil.
As the Government of India are doubtless aware the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company have for many years past been having geological and other surveys
made of the portion of Pars to the north-Avest of Daliki with a view to ascer
taining the probable location of the oil-field from which “shows” of oil are
found near Daliki.
In 1920 the Company’s geologists definitely fixed on Dasht-i-Qil, about 35
miles north-west of Daliki and 30 miles north-east of Genawah on the coast
north-west of Dushire as being the most favourable site for a boring.
The country round Dasht-i-Qil is very wild and barren; during the hot
weather it is practically uninhabited and waterless, and in the cold weather
it is the winter resort of the Kashkuli Section of the Kasbgai tribe.
While the geological surveyors were locating the best site for boring, other
surveyors were trying to find the best route for a road and possible pipe line
to the coast. The first surveyors thought that the best way would be to
utilize the existing Shiraz road to near Daliki and strike into the hills in a
north-westerly direction from there; it was during this phase of the survey
that I hoped the Bushire-Borasjun Bailway would be useful to the Company
and that they might buy it.
However, during the end of last cold weather, and the beginning oi last
hot weather, fresh surveyors, Colonel Collier, late of the Canadian Expeditionary
Force, and Mr. Sharpe, one of the Company’s Engineers, made a very careful
survey and found that a much easier and shorter route for the road and pipe
line to the coast from Dasht-i-Qil existed via Mishun Goomeroon and Mehmad-
sadi to Genawah.
A survey shows this route to be 52 miles to the coast as opposed, to 83
miles by the other route to Daliki and thence 55 miles, a total of 138 miles.
Directly the site for the proposed boring was located and the alignment
of the road ‘and possible pipe line roughly fixed, it became necessary for the
Company to make agreements with the Khans through whose territory e
road would pass and with the Kashkuli Khans in whose cold weather habitat
the boring would be made.
The question of the road had to he settled with Sarkar Haidar Khan of
Hayat Baud, and this was satisfactorily done on the 6th Octoher 1921 by Sir
Arnold Wilson, Resident Director of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, assisted
by Mr. Olegg, temporary British Vice-Consul at Bushire, and Agha i,
the Residency Dragoman. After a somewhat lengthy d^cus^ion with^the
Khan a very satisfactory agreement was signed, and I a PP e ^ d - 10 ^ * ] tt
rcatio. 1 of the Government of India. . eopy^ the
Rated the 8th October 1921,. ^ copy of the agreement.
Sir A Wilson returned to Bushire from Bandar Rig and Genawah on the
evening of the 7th October, and stayed two days preparatory 10 ^ tiat 1 1D „ § ^
agreement with the Kashkuli Khans Daring tjiis penod certain tele ra
were exchanged with His Majesty's Charge d’Affaires and lfe Majesty s
Consul at Shiraz, copies of which are appended to ^
afternoon of the 9th, Sir Arnold Wilson left for Ohihil C^ah a place near
Dasht-i-Arjan, accompanied again by Mr. Clegg, to mee v Maiestv’s
whose presence at this place for the purpose ad een anan _ October A
Consul; Shiraz. The meeting took place on the e t
very lengthy discussion took place, but m the end a very satisfact J S
meat wls made and signed. The only awkward point on which the Kashknk
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