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File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris' [114v] (86/292)
The record is made up of 1 item (145 folios). It was created in Jun 1909-May 1913. 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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mes
Whatever settlement they have arrived at shall not be disputed and shall be
regarded as correct.
(Sealed)
25th Zilhijeh, 1328 (1910).
NAJAF KULLI, Samsavi-vs-Salat ana.
A LI KULLI,
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.
Assad.
LUTF ALI, Amir Muffakhan.
KHUSRO,
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.
-ns-Zaffar.
NASSIR,
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.
-i-Jang.
JUSSUF, Amir-i-Mujtehed.
Enclosure 4 in No. 1.
Khans' Order to Batwandis.
(Translation.)
WHENEVER the officers or the employes of the company pass through the
Batwand district you must show them every regard.
Whenever they desire to pitch a tent or camp, you have no right at all to put
any hindrance in their way or give them any trouble, but you must shov them greatest
respect.
Should they require water you must give it to them.
Should any of you disregard or transgress these orders you will be most severely
punished.
Dated Jamad-ul-Awal 1329 (May 1911).
(Sealed) GHULAM HUSSAIN.
JAAFER KULLI.
May 1911.
Enclosure 5 in No. 1.
Bakhtiari Khans' Undertaking re Kill Seyyids.
(Translation.)
SHOULD the Kili seyyids claim ownership of the lands which we have sold to the
oil company their claim shall be null and void, and they shall have no right to put any
hindrance in the way of, or give any trouble to, the oil company.
Should they have anything to say in this connection, we shall hold ourselves
responsible for questions or any replies required.
Under any circumstances the responsibility rests with us, and the company is in no
way concerned therewith.
Dated Jamad-ul-Awal 1329 (May 1911).
(Sealed)
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.
MUHTESHAM.
JAAFER KULLI, Bakhtiari.
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.
BAHADUR.
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Part 4 consists of correspondence relating to relations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Bakhtiari Khans of Persia. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India (Foreign Department), Foreign Office, and 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. . Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;
- the British Minister to Persia in Tehran;
- representatives of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company;
- Percy 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;
- the British Consulates at Kerman and Ahwaz.
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- views of various British government officers on an Anglo-Persian Oil Company prospectus (folios 214-16);
- clarification of the position of the Bakhtiari khans in relation to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, including the allotment of shares;
- the insecurity surrounding the company's work at Kasr-i-Shirin [Qasr-e Shīrīn] and the need to appoint a Vice-Consul to the town;
- compensation for peasants displaced by the company's work.
Folio 216 is a map of Persia showing the potential and active oil wells.
The papers include a newspaper cutting from the Times and several extracts from Persian and Iraqi newspapers.
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