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'Assurances, Undertakings and Agreements, Etc., Made by Certain Chiefs and Khans of Southern Persia with the British Government and Certain British Trading Companies' [34] (44/104)
The record is made up of 1 volume (52 folios). It was created in 1926. It was written in English, Persian and French. The original is part of the 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. .
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Article 9. —The Imperial Persian Gorernment authorises the Concessionnaire ta
found one or several Companies for the working of the Concession.
The name statutes and capital of the said Companies shall be fixed by the
Concessionnaire and the Directors shall be chosen by him on the express condition
that on the formation of each Company the Concessionnaire shall give official notice
of such formation to the Imperial Government through the medium of the
Imperial Commissioner and shall forward the statutes with information as to the
places at which such Company is to operate. Such Company or Companies
shall enjoy all the rights and privileges granted to the Concessionnaire but they
must assume all his engagements and responsibilities.
Article shall be stipulated in the contract between the Concessionnair^
of the one part and the Company of the other that the latter is within the term of
one month as from the date of the formation of the first exploitation Company to
pay the Imperial Persian Government the sum of £20,000 sterling in cash and
an additional sum of £20,000 sterling in paid-up shares of the first Company
founded by virtue of the foregoinsr article. It shall also pay the said Government
annually a sum equal to 16 per cent, of the annual net profits of every Company
or of all and any Company that may be formed in accordance with the said
Article.
Article 11. —The said Government shall be free to appoint an Imperial Com
missioner who shall be consulted by the Concessionnaire and the Directors of the
Company to be formed. He shall supply all and any useful information at his
disposal and he shall inform them of the best course to be adopted in the interest of
the undertaking. He shall establish by Agreement with the Concessionnaire such
supervision as he may deem expedient to safeguard the interests of the Imperial
Government.
The aforesaid powers of the Imperial Commissioner shall be set forth in the
statutes of the Companies to be created.
The Concessionnaire shall pay the Commissioner thus appointed an annual sum
of £1,000 sterling for his services as from the date of the formation of the first
Company.
Article The workmen employed in the service of the Company shall be
subjects of His Imperial Majesty the Shah except the technical staff such as the
Managers, Engineer, Borers and Foremen.
Article 13.—M any place in which it may be proved that the inhabitants of
the country may now obtain petroleum for their own use the Company must supply
them gratuitously with the quantity of petroleum that they themselves cot
previously. b
Such quantity shall be fixed according to their own declarations subiect to the
supervision of the local authority.
Article M—The Imperial Government binds itself to take all and any neceswv
measures to seeure the safety and carrying out of the object of this Concession of the
plant and of the apparatuses of which mention is made for the purposes of the
undertaking of the Company and to protect the representatives, agents and
servants of the Company. The Imperial Government having thus fulfilled its
engagements the Concessionnaire and the Companies created by him shall not have
power under any pretest whatever to claim damages from the Persian Govern
xnent.
AHiele 15.—On the expiration of the term of the present Concession all
inaterials, buildings and apparatuses then used by the Company for the exploitation
of its industry shall become the property of the said Government and the Comnanv
shall have no right to any indemnity in this connection. ' ^
Article 16. If within the term of two years as from the present date the r™
cessionnaire shall not have established the first of the said Companies authorised by
void ^ A " reerueut the P res "it Concession shall become null and
Article 17.-In the event of there arising between the parties to the present
Concession any dispute or difference in respect of its interpretation or the rights or
responsibilities of one or the other of the parties therefrom resulting such dilute or
difference shall be submitted to two Arbitrators at Teheran, one of whom halls
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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.
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