'File 26/133 (F 78) Khor Musa' [2r] (11/234)
The record is made up of 1 volume (116 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1913-13 Oct 1924. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's GoYemmenl]
PERSIA. [November 27.]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 4.
[50677] No. 1.
Sir W. Townley to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received November 27.)
(No. 610.)
Telegraphic.) Tehran, November 27, 1912.
YOUR telegram No. 618 of 12th October.
Following from consul at Bushire, No. 273, of 27th November :—
" Consul at Mohammerah has obtained from sheikh a document in the terms
desired, giving British Government option over all lands on Khor Musa and tributaries.
In sending the document, sheikh has at the same time writtten to ask that we,
Dn our part, should give him a written undertaking to the effect that British subjects
will not be permitted to lease the said lands from anyone but himself.
" This seems to be unobjectionable, and a logical correlation of his undertaking to
is, and I beg that I may be authorised by telegram to give him a written assurance
to that effect."
[2700 dd— 4]
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The volume contains correspondence pertaining to a survey of Khor Musa carried out in light of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's consideration of it for an ocean port. The correspondents include the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, the 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. in London, the Foreign Office in London, the British Minister at Tehran, the British Consul at Mohammerah [Korramshahr], the Government of India, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, the Director of the Royal Indian Marine at Bombay, the commanders of the HMS Lawrence and HMS Palinurus , Sheikh Khazal [Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī] of Mohammerah, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation.
The volume covers the granting of first refusal for leasing of land around Khor Musa to the British by Sheikh Khazal in 1912 (folios 1D-17), and then continues onto the main subject of organising the survey in 1921-22 until the Anglo-Persian Oil Company eventually rejected the proposal in early 1922.
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- 1 volume (116 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . A second foliation system runs through the volume, using uncircled pencil numbers in the same position as the main foliation system.The following foliation anomalies occur: 1 is followed by 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D; 26 is followed by 27A, 27B.
Foldouts: folios 11, 12.
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- 'File 26/133 (F 78) Khor Musa'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:14v, 16r:26v, 27br:27bv, 28r:85v, 87r:90v, 92r:98v, 101r:101v, 103r:104v, 106r:107v, 109r:111v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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