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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' [86] (96/104)
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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86
No. 19.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY AND
THE
ILKHANI
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
OF THE QA8HGAIS.
[Translation.]
Article i.—The Company shall have the right to drill for oil and for water and
to make all investigations necessary for the purpose of their business in all parts
of the said territories and to construct and erect tramways, roads, building
machinery and telegraph apparatus of all kinds in any part of the said territories O so
far as may be necessary for the purposes of their business.
The Company shall have the right to collect and use free anywhere in the said
territories stone, gach, salt, sulphur, clay for building purposes, wood and water
whether from river or springs for the purposes of their work, provided that the
taking of the water is not detrimental to cultivation in the boundaries in question.
The selection of routes and sites for such work shall rest with the Company.
It is hereby explained that as long as the Persian Government have left salt
and sulphur in their natural state and free, the Company will utilize them free of
charge.
In the event of the said articles being monopolized by any Company or bv
any one under any concession, the Company will communicate with the Government
and effect an arrangement.
Article All lands whatever required by the Company for the purpose of their
preliminary exploration for oil including all or any natural springs of oil in the said
territories together with an adequate supply of water so far as available shall be
granted by the said
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
to the Company free of charge, provided that the taking
of the water is not detrimental to cultivation in the boundaries in question and
withomt let or hindrance .from any of his relatives or dependents or any of his tribps-
men or of third parties. J
T. 1 .u A ° dit 1 ishe ! eb . y agreed that in consideration of the sums to be paid to the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
under articles 8 and 9, any claim for compensation, or subsidy put forward
by third party m respect of such land or of the protection to be rendered to the
Company by the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
shall be met by the said
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
or his heirs and successors
and that under no circumstances shall the Company be made to pay compensation
for the same. If the Compary finds itself obliged to pay other parties in order to
ensure the safety of their work the amount paid maybe deducted by the said
Company at their option from the amount due to the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
.
Article 5.—As soon as the Company have been successful in finding oil in
sufficient quantities to justify the laying of one or more pipe-lines to one or more
spots on the coast or elsewhere and as soon as oil is being exported thereby the
Company hereby undertakes to purchase, and the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
hereby undertakes to
dispose of, his grazing and other rights over whatever Government or other land
may be required by the Company for their operations at the following rates :-tor
CU-TV' square of hundred yards on each side ten
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
for unirrigated arable land
and five
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
for non-arable land.
It is to be understood that it will still be incumbent on the Company in accord
ance with the concession to acquire the said lands from the Persian Government in
the manner specified m their concession or from the lawful owners, whoever they
may be, by purchase or otherwise. ' wnuever mey
The
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
further undertakes to sell whatever land may be in his own
personal possession at the following rates :-for every square of huudred yard, on
each side ten tormm lor unirrigated arable land and five
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
for non-arable land
Irrigated land must be acquired by the Company at a reasonable value in accordance
With the concession they hold from the Persian Government! accordance
of tii^ agreement and anvlvt ^• abSOlutC P r0 P ert y of Company for the period
or tneir agreement and any extensmn or renewal thereof, and the Comnanv shall
have full proprietary rights therein. company snail
in temnorarv oTclToVn^T ^ 40 flooks 011 «> acquired or
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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).
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- 1 volume (52 folios)
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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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