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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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103
Sel1 ° r transfer tlle sai d properties to foreign subiects He shnnlH
with the utmost efficient endeavours and ample exerUrs u e precaut 10^11
tefore'anThel ^ermitt.T "h " 11 eaSe t0 the sub J ects “ban
the possessory XhtTnf n d an ^ em P owered to exercise in the said localities
tor.- I \ \ 3 he J‘ eb y. ordered that the respected Mustaufis (Government Secre
Seir dutyto dofo 3161 a C ° Py ° f the aUgUst Farman and insider it
Dated the month of Shawwal Pars-il 1320.
Seals on reverse :—
Atabeg-i-’Azafn.
W azir-ud-Daf tar.
Mushir-ed-Dauleh.
Copy of enclosure.
(Seal of Muzaffar-ud-Din Shah.)
Salar-ud-Dauleh,
a J^T aand Uchmul| a. which are the property of the Government and
f l j urisdiction of Shaikh Khaz’al Khan Mu’izz-es-Saltaneh 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. -
a, have been left and granted to him by us, as perpetual property in this
PP7 year Pars-il m accordance with a separate Farman and this royal and
august autograph, so that he may every year pay the usual annual revenue of
those two places to the officials in charge of the Government affairs; and the
present and future Governors should not demand from him a single cent in
addition to the usual revenue and should consider these two places as his law-
tul property, act and proceed according to the sense of (this) august auto
graph, and consider it their duty to do so.
Dated the month of Shawwal Pars-il 1320.
(Royal seal.)
Seal on reverse :—
Atabeg-i-’Azam.
APPENDIX X.
List of the requests of His Excellency Mu'izz-es-Saltaneh, and replies of the
Persian Government thereto, 1903.
List of Requests.
(1) As regards the compliance with the order of the Persian Government
in the matter of the Customs and with regard to putting a new tariff in force
he obeys, but in order that the Arab tribes and clans may not be alarmed at
the outset he requests that for a time he may be entrusted with the putting in
force of the new tariff so that he may make them understand that a tiresome
burden will not be (put) upon them. He will hold in accordance with orders
from the Customs Ministry and hand over the Customs revenues month by
month to any quarter which the Ministry of Customs may order; that a Bel
gian Examiner of Accounts comes once a month to examine the books and ac
counts and business there; should there be any discrepancy demonstrated
Muizz-es-Saltaneh will acquit himself of the responsibility.

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Content

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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English and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script
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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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53r:57r, 58r:61v, 69r:69v
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Government of Persia
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