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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’ [55r] (120/448)
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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0 , A 10 ; ¥ any lv ^? ie the Com pany desire to acquire land on the Karun or
fenatt-al-Arab at JVIohaniinerah or Ahwaz, or any other point anywhere in the
country undei the Shaikh s jurisdiction, for wharves or warehouses for the
purposes of their business, the Shaikh undertakes as far as possible to assist the
said Company in procuring the said land at favourable rates of lease. It is to
be understood that such rent will be paid by the Company themselves.
11. In consideration of the lease of the lands mentioned in paragraph 1
the Company undertake to pay rent at a rate of six hundred and fifty 3 pounds
sterling per annum ; such rent to be paid in advance every ten years, namely
the amount due to be paid to the Shaikh by drafts of the Company : such pay
ment to be made through His Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Mohammerah, in
exchange for the receipt of the Shaikh.
The first payment shall be made by the Company within three days of
notice being received by the Directors of the completion of this Agreement.
12. The Company on their own part agree not to engage, without the
cognizance of the Shaikh, tribesmen for their work, or in any way to interfere
in tribal matters.
13. The Company as lessees of these lands agree that all treasure-trove
throughout the lands leased to the Company and other lands given under this
Agreement, belongs to the Shaikh alone. By “ treasure-trove ” is meant coins,
jewellery and objects of antiquity.
14. The Company bind themselves to take into their employ as cruards and
watchmen such persons as the Shaikh or his representatives in the various loca
lities may state to be trustworthy; and the Company agree that on receipt
from the Shaikh of the expression of a wish for the dismissal of any such guard
or watchman, they will act in accordance with his request, but only so long as
support to the enforcement of their authority over the Company’s employes is
received from the Shaikh, and so long as his assistance in the detection of
thieves and punishment of them when detected—if subject to his jurisdiction—
shall be real and effective.
15. The payments to unmounted guards and watchmen engaged from
among the Shaikh’s men wall be made by the Company on the following
scale :—fifty krans per month of the Chrbtian calendar without food, or any
higher sum that the Company may think necessary; and this sum will be paid
by them 15 days subsequently to the end of the month during which it was
earned. If the said guards and watchmen do not agree to work for fifty krans
per month or the further sum above indicated, then the Company shall have
the right to bring guards and watchmen from some other place, but they shall
not import them from localities at enmity with the Shaikh, and only so long
as the pay of such men shall not be greater than the sum offered to the
Shaikh’s men.
16. In the event of a watchman or any employe leaving without giving
due notice of one month, it is the rule of the Company that 15 days pay be
forfeited, and without exception ail native employes are engaged on these
terms.
17. The said Company reserve to themselves the right to punish their
employes by inflicting fines to the extent of half a month’s pay as a maximum,
and in the event of the behaviour of the said employes warranting a heavier
punishment, they will be handed over to the representative of the Shaikh at
the nearest place : and the latter, under the Shaikh’s instructions, will use his
utmost endeavours to uphold the authority of the Company over their employes
and the respect of their property among the people of the district, so avoiding
unnecessary trouble to both parties of this Agreement.
18. This Agreement and all the Articles therein are accepted by the Shaikh
and admitted to be binding on himself and heirs and successors and on his
tribesmen, whoever they may be.
19. This Agreement is considered to he in force from the date on which it
is signed, from which date the Company become liable for the abovenamed
rental.
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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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- File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
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- 54r:55v, 59r:59r, 60v:60v, 61r:61r, 62v:62v, 66v:68v
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