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File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris' [172v] (202/292)
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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"and also after the formation of a Petroleum Company
"in the Bakhtiari country and after the flowing ol
"petroleum through the pipes of every ICO ordinary
"public shares of one or more petroleum companies that
"are formed in the Bakhtiari country, three shares will
"be given to the Bakhtiari Khans and they (the Syndi-
"cate) will not exact, tae price of the three shares of
"the Company from the Bakhtiari Khans, and they (the
"Syndicate) nave not the right to demand the price of
"t he thre e s hare s".
I would refer you to my letters to you dated 25th
June and 13th July, from which you will see that the Agree-
ment was executed in Persian only.
The two Companies, the only two Companies, which will
work oil in the Bakhtiari Country are:-
(1) The Pirst -exploitation Company Limited, and
(2) the Bakhtiari Oil Company Limited.
The hirst Lxploitation Company Limited is a Company
with an authorised Share Capital of 600,000 chares oi £-1
each, all these Shares being of one class, ana there have
been
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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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- File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris'
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- 172r:173v
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- Wallace, Charles William
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