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File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [51v] (113/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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No. 24.
COPY OP FAEMAN.
Seal of MozaSar-ed-Din Shah.
That, as regards the Government lands at Mohammerah, Jazirat-al-Khazra,
Bahmanshir and Karun, where the Arabs and the tribes and tribesmen of His
Excellency Shaikh Khazal Khan Moezz-es-Sultanah
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.
-i-Arfa have, from
the time of their forefathers and grandfathers up to now, grovvn date-palms and
trees and constructed buildings, and (as they) have used efficient endeavours
and ample exertions in reviving and causing the said lands and localities to
flourish, and left no means unused in performing the services of the Govern-
ment——which may endure for ever-therefore, in order to bestow kingly graces
and royal favours, we have, in this auspicious year Pars il, left and granted
all the said localities and lands as perpetual property to the
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.
-i-Arfa
and his Arabs and tribes, so that they may pay the Highest Government every
year the usual annual revenue, and the present and future Governors of
Arabistan will have no right to demand a single cent in addition to the usual
annual revenue. And we also leave and grant to the
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.
-i-Arfa himself
all the lands which are barren and without date-palms and trees up to now,
as perpetual property, so that he may give them to his tribe and tribesmen
who should grow date-palms and trees (thereon) and do the needful towards
rendering the place populous; and the Highest Government will have no
right to take possession of, and to interfere with, those properties. Should
any of the said lands be ever required for the Government, they should pay
reasonable price to the
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.
-i-Arfa and then take possession thereof. In
like manner the
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.
-i-Arfa with the Arabs of his tribe and tribesmen have
no rioht to sell or transfer their properties, trees, _ date-palms and lands to
foreign subjects. They should occupy themselves with the utmost zeal in
causing the places to flourish, and are permitted and empowered to exercise
in the said lands and properties the possessory rights of ownership of every
kind.
It is hereby ordered that the respected Mustaufis (Government Secretaries)
should register and record a copy of this august Farman and consider it their
duty to do so.
Dated the month of Shawwal Pars il 1320. (January 1903.)
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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.
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- 1 volume (222 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/606
- Title
- File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
- Pages
- 49v:50v, 51v:51v, 52v:52v, 53v:53v, 69r:69r, 70r:70r, 71r:71r, 72r:73r
- Author
- Mozaffar ad-Din
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- Public Domain