"ضمانات، وتعهدات، واتفاقيات، وغيرها. عُقدت بين بعض زعماء وخانات [حكام] جنوب بلاد فارس مع الحكومة البريطانية وبعض شركات التجارة البريطانية" [‎٣‎٤] (١٠٤/٤٤)

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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