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'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan' [49v] (103/143)
The record is made up of 1 volume (68 folios). It was created in 1912. It was written in English and Farsi. 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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84
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Shaikh hands over the money for construction. The date trees which are
thrown down shall be utilised for the' wharf, etc., in this place.
Done in duplicate this 8th day of Safar, corresponding to 19th February
1910.
Annex. VII.
Copy of a translation of an agreement made on 23rd October 1909, by Hdji
Rais-ut-Tuffar and Messrs- Lloyd, Scott and Company regarding the
landing place of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Darra Khazineh.
,.^ n regard^ to piece of land near Darra Khazineh, and asserted by the
Mu m-ut-JTijjar to be part of the land of Gunduzlu that at present is being
completed for ja landing place and a place of storing goods, we the under
signed Lloyd, Scott and Company from the part of Anglo-Persian Oil Com
pany, Limited, with the HajI Rais-ut-Tujjar, who is agent of Haji Mu’in-ut-
Iirjjar, agree and concur that whatever area of land we may need there for
the construction of the godowns and storing goods, we may appropriate.
And whenever Haji Mu’in-ut-Tujjar produces the farman in original or a
copy certified by the British Legation at Tehran by which it is evident that
bind 18 ^ 1S ^ an< ^’ course we shah pay just and due rent for that piece of
After the expiration of the term of the concession or extension or renewal
o the same, w hatever buildings or other constructions may have been built
upon that land the Anglo-Persian Oil Company will abandon nor claim in
respect of costs of building, etc. But in respect of the concession that we
hold from the Persian Government of the ground belonging to the Government
we nave the right to use whatever amount we may need for our works.
TJ . ot l le r £ t? 1 . 311 Haji Mu’in-ut-Tujjar after this should claim the land,
Jlaji Muin-ut-Tujjar himself is responsible in the matter of refuting their
claim, and we m such cases cannot guarantee any responsibility.
Dated Mohammerah, the 23rd of October 1909.
Muhammad ’Ali Behbahani, Rais-ut-Tujjar (L.S.).
LLOYD, SCOTT & CO.,
A. T. WILSON, Lieut., LA .,
His Britannic Majesty's Consul.
Annex. IX {a).
Contracts between the Shaikh and Messrs. Wonckhaus & Co-, for ^ hart
and Office. ' J
(Copied by Lieutenant A. T Wilson, I.A., on 21st August 1909, from the original
documents lent by Hup Eais. Spelling as in original. The original contract 1 was
“riginal tgreement)^^^ ^ Wonckliaus>8 A S ent in to English on the
Contract for a wharf on the bank of the Karoon river being the property
o His Excellency the Shaikh Chassal Khan, Moez-o-Sultanna Serdare ArfJ
Ihe place is called Hezan. 1 c -
from^iud' 181 ' 664 UP ° n ^ ^ treeS mUSt ^ ° Ut 0nt and the buildin gs made
The said wharf is let to the undersigned for a rent of 1,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
ner
wharf 1 ' Rent payab 6 annuall y’ commencing from date of completion of the
r P, 10 " ( . lu ' rr ml ‘ st lla '.’ e a of 80 meters of the Hezan ground and a
breadth of 50 meters alongside the river. In each corner of this wharf
godowns of 18 meters length and 3* meters breadth must be constructed the
number of godowns is four only. 5
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This volume consists of a précis issued by the Government of India which provides comprehensive details regarding the history of relations between the British Government and the tribes and rulers of 'Arabistan. The volume is divided into eleven sections as follows:
- I. British Interests in 'Arabistan;
- II. 'Arabistan: Internal Politics up to the death of Haji Jabir and genealogical table of Shaikhs of Mohammerah, 1527-1881;
- III. Shaikh Miz'als's rule, 1882-1897;
- IV. Shaikh Khaz'al's rule, 1897-1910;
- V. Shaikh Khaz'al and the Persian Customs;
- VI. Shaikh Khaz'al: Political Relations with British Government;
- VII. Piracies;
- VIII. Turko-Persian Frontier Question;
- IX. Shaikh of Mohammerah and Turks;
- X. Irrigation in 'Arabistan;
- XI. Acquisition and Tenure of Land in 'Arabistan with Annexes.
Between folios 51-70, the volume contains a number of appendices including copies of various relevant agreements. On folios 69-70, the volume contains the Persian text of a concession granted to the Nasiri Company for running ships from Ahwaz to Shushtar.
The volume was compiled by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Consul for 'Arabistan. The printing statement reads, 'Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1912'
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- 1 volume (68 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume opens with a contents page (folio 4) followed by a prefatory note (folio 5), a list of relevant officials (folio 6), a schedule of appendices (folio 7), eleven chapters of text (folios 8-50) and ends with sixteen appendices (folios 51-70).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 8-65.
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- 'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 24r:46v, 49r:52v, 57v, 65r:66r, 67r:68v, back-i
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