'File 379/1906 Railways: Aden; railway construction in Aden hinterland; Aden-Lahej Railway' [‎128r] (260/308)

Messrs. Cowasjee Dinsliaw & Bros, undertake that in the event of their
viola!ins: any article of the above conditions the Sultan of Lahej shall after
writing them no Lice, stop the Railway in any manner may be, until the case
is settled.
No. 16.
Messrs Cowasjee Dinshaw & Bros, undertake to sign this Arabic agree
ment to which a translation is attached, they have signed it after having it
translated, understood its meaning and accepted its conditions. They under
take to fully recognise it so much so that no rule or law shall render it void
but the execution o: the conditions comprised therein are lawful.
Signed at Dar-el-Amir in the bungalow of the Sultan of Lahej in the
presence of the respectable witnesses who attested it as under on the following
date:—
21st January 1905.
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Translation of the Original Arabic Agreement
Praise be to God alone.
We the undersigned Hormusjee Cowasjee Dinshaw and partners who carry
,on trade in Aden, under the name of Messrs. Cowasjee Dinshaw & Brothers,
do solemnly affirm that we voluntarily agreed to conclude agreement No. L dated
with II . H. the Sultan Ahmed Padthl Mohsin of Lahej to construct a
Railway in his limit, from Dar-el-Amir to the terminus of his frontier in direc
tion of the Haushabi. And whereas we have agreed with his son A li bin Ahmed
padthl on behalf of himself and his brothers Fadthl and Abdul Hamid, sons of
Sultan Ahmed Padthl, the aforesaid, to admit them as partners with us, in the
aforesaid Railway by equal shares, the 3 of them shall have half and we
the other half, this agreement is therefore written and we hereby solemnly bind
ourselves for keeping the aforesaid partnership with them. They therefore are
our partners under the following conditions :—
- No. 1. -
Sultan Ali bin Ahmed Fadthl and his brothers agreed to pay us Seventy-
five thousand Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. out of their share, i e., half the amount in the cost of the
aforesaid Railway and the expenses for building, and we agreed to accept the
same and to advance on their behalf the balance of the remaining half of the
cost of Railway and the expenses for building it, and that we shall not charge
them interest thereon either at present or in future, the payment of Rs. / 5,000
to be paid in three instalments.
No. 2.
We undertake to Sultan Ali bin Ahmed Fadthl and his brothers shall on
completion of the Railway, show them the amount of their half share, so that
they may know the sum we have paid on their amount in half of the cost and
expenses of the Railway.
No. 3.
"W© agree to Sultan Ali bin Ahmed Fadthl and his brother that on working
of the Halfway to deduct 70 % out of the profit accruing from their half share
and to pay them every six months tne balance of 30 %, until we iccover the full
amount we paid on their behalf towards their half share. Thereafter they are
entitled to the full amount of profit which they can receive every 6 months.
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