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File 1421/1908 Pt 1 'Persia: oil; D'Arcy Oil Syndicate' [313r] (147/218)
The record is made up of 1 item (109 folios). It was created in Mar 1904-May 1909. It was written in English. 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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No. 1843, dated Bushire, the 13th (received 22nd) June 1908.
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Fr °m c = A. P. Trevor, First Assistant Resident, In charge current
T° S- H. Butler, Esq., C.I.E., Secretary to the Government of India in the
foreign Department, Simla.
I have the honour to forward herewith, for the information of the Govern
ment of India, a copy of the letter cited in the margin which has been received
No. 210, dated 1 st June 1908 . from Lieutenant A. T. Wilson, in charge
of the In ’’ ~
tun, regarding the affairs of the Oil Syndicate.
(Copy forwarded to Tehran.)
of the Indian Oil Guards at Maidan Munaf*
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No. 210, dated Maidan Munaftun, the 1st June 1908.
From— Lieutenant A. T. Wilson, In charge Indian Oil Guards,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Resident, Bushire. 207. Oil struck on 26th at have the honour to confirm my telegram
x,200 feet at Maidan Munaftun. Oil rises intermit- of 28th ultimo as per margin
tently 7s f eet abore ground level accompanied by 0 i„ .• £ .
great emission of gas. , amplification of the above the
following details may be of interestOil
was struck at one of the two^borings, and it is confidently expected that it will be
struck again under similar circumstances at the second boring.
3. The oil has not been as yet fully tested, but it seems to be of particularly
good grade, and burns readily in the state in which it issues from the ground.
It is already being used to burn lime, and may be expected to arrest the progres
sive depletion of the scanty timber resources of the district.
4. The quantity at present obtained by natural flow is about 20,000 gallons
per diem, but there is little doubt that a greater yield will be obtained when the
hole is deepened. This operation is at present impeded by great quantities of
natural gas issuing from the boring. It has effects similar to those of “ laughing
gas ” rapidly rendering those exposed to its influence unconscious, and, in
addition, has a bad effect on the eyes.
4. I will notify you in due course of the results of further boring.
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G. C B.P., Simla.—No. C*247 F.D.— 44 .«»J. D.
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Part 1 consists of correspondence relating to work connected to the Persian oil wells of the D'Arcy Syndicate, and Concessions Syndicate Ltd. The correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, 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. , and representatives of both oil companies. Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- British Minister to Persia;
- British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire;
- the Persian Prime Minister (Mushir-ed-Dowleh);
- 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. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. and Consul-General at Baghdad;
- Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, Vice-Consul in Arabistan, at Ahwaz;
- Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bushire;
- John Richard Preece, British Consul-General at Isfahan, acting on behalf of Concessions Syndicate Ltd;
- George B Reynolds, geologist for Concessions Syndicate Ltd;
- William Knox D'Arcy, representative of both oil companies;
- Thomas Jackson, Director of Imperial Bank of Persia.
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- Arthur Henry Hardinge's tour of D'Arcy's Persian oil wells in January 1904;
- status of oil production of the wells;
- the question of who is to receive the oil concessions;
- the companies' needs for financial and administrative assistance from the Indian and British governments;
- an agreement reached between the Syndicate and the leaders of the Bakhtiari tribes;
- the question of guarding the wells;
- the need for land for reservoirs and a refinery and the arrangements for the purchase of such on Abadan Island, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr];
- the question of expanding production into Pusht-i-Kuh;
- the need for telegraphic services in the region;
- proposals for a pipeline to the coast.
Folio 251 is a sketch plan of Abadan Island showing the location of the land required by the Syndicate.
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