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File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris' [173r] (203/292)
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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been issued 500,000 of these Shares all now fully paid. It
has the right to work blocks aggregating one square mile
waich blocks were to be selected by it, and it has selected
the whole of tnem at Musjid-i-Suleiman which is in the Bakh-
tiari Country.
The Bakhtiari Oil Company Limited is a Company with an
authorised Share Capital of 400,000 Shares of £1 each, all
oi these shares being of the same class, and there have been
issued 300,000 of these shares all now fully paid. It has
the right to work all oil in the Bakhtiari Country minus
blocks aggregating one square mile - the blocks referred to
above as workable by the First Bxploitation Company Limited.
under their Agreement of 15th November 1905 above re
ferred to the Bakhtiari Chiefs are therefore entitled to re
ceive "after the oil is passed through the pipes”, free of
cost, 3 : ^ of the fully paid shares i.e. 15,000 shares of £1
each in the First Exploitation Company Limited, and 9,000
shares of £1 each in the Bakhtiari Oil Company Limited.
Also, when and if further shares of these two Companies
are issued and paid-up, the Bakhtiari Chiefs vail be entitled
to
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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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