'Assurances, Undertakings and Agreements, Etc., Made by Certain Chiefs and Khans of Southern Persia with the British Government and Certain British Trading Companies'

Content

This volume is a printed report, published by the Government of India Press (Calcutta: 1926), constituting a collection of assurances, undertakings and agreements made by chiefs and Khans of Southern Persia with the British Government and trading companies between 1898 and 1922. The volume is marked 'Confidential' on the front cover and contains a table of contents (folios 4-5). The agreements, some appearing in both Persian and English, are ordered by serial number and they include:

• No. 1: Undertaking Given by Certain Notables of Luristan in regard to the Construction of Cart Road through Part of their Territory (8 June 1911);
• No. 2: Correspondence regarding Right of Option Granted to Persian Railway Syndicate by Persian Government for Construction of Certain Railway Lines (9 February 1913, 4 March 1913, and 10 January 1920);
• No. 3: Memorandum Regarding Concessions for Roads and Railways in South-West Persia up to 1917 (1917);
• No. 4: Persian Transport Company's Concession for the Construction of a Commercial Road Between Ahwaz and Tehran and the Establishment of a Transport Service thereon (5 August 1890);
• No. 5: Compensation for Loss of Pilotage Fees, Amounting to Ts. 2000 per annum to be paid to Haidar Khan, Hayat Daudi [Ḥaydar Khān Ḥayāt Dāwūdī], C I E (12 February 1920 and 26 February 1920);
• No. 6: Agreement Concluded between Messrs. Lynch Bros. and certain Bakhtiari Chiefs for the Construction and Maintenace of a Road from Ahwaz to Isfahan and Shushter [Shushtār] to Isfahan (3 March 1898);
• No. 7: D'Arcy Oil Concession (28 May 1901);
• No. 7(a): Translation of the D'Arcy Oil Concession (28 May 1901);
• No. 8: Agreement Between D'Arcy Syndicate and the Bakhtiari (15 November 1905);
• No. 8(a): Refusal of Persian Government to Recognize Agreement between the D'Arcy Syndicate and the Bakhriaris (12 January 1906);
• No. 8(b): Notes on the Bakhtiari Agreement of November 15 1905 (20 October 1906);
• No. 9: Agreement between Mr W[illiam] K[nox] D'Arcy and the Kili Sayyeds (1 October 1906);
• No. 10: Agreement between the Oil Company and H. E. Shahab-Es-Sultaneh, Ilbegi [Shihāb al-Sulṭānah Īlbagī] of the Bakhtiar (25 March 1907);
• No. 11: Land Agreement between the Oil Company and the Bakhtiari Khans (15 May 1911);
• No. 11(a): Power-of-Attorney Appointing Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Muhtesham [ Sardār Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Muḥtasham] and Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Bahadur [ Sardār Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Bahādur] as Agents of the Bakhtiari Khans (1910);
• No. 11(b): The Bakhtiari Khans' Orders to their Tribesmen Regarding the Oil Company's Employees (May 1911);
• No. 11(c): Undertaking made by the Bakhtiari Khans regarding the Kili Sayyeds (May 1911);
• No. 12: Agreement for Protection of Pipe-Line (28 April 1911);
• No. 13: Supplementary Agreement between Mr W K D'Arcy and the Kili Sayyeds (10 February 1911);
• No. 14: Agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Parwiz Khan, Gunduzlu [Parvīz Khān Gunduzlū] (20 February 1911);
• No. 15: Agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Wali of Pusht-i-Kuh (19 September 1919);
• No. 16: Land Aquisition Agreement between Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Bakhiairi Khans (20 April 1921);
• No. 17: Agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Haidar Khan, C I E, of Hayat Daud (6 October 1921, 22 October 1921, and 13 November 1921);
• No. 18: Agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Kashkuli [Kashkūlī] Khans (14 October 1921);
• No. 19: Agreement between Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. of the Qashgais (20 May 1922).

Extent and format

1 volume (52 folios)

Arrangement

The assurances, agreements and undertakings compiled in this volume are arranged according to serial number from 1 to 18. These appear roughly in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English, Persian and French in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/20/C231

History of this record

Date(s)

1926 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

International relationsOilTransportation

Places

Persia

People & organisations

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company LimitedWilliam Knox D'Arcy

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