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File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris' [211r] (279/292)
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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in a "Bakhtyari Oil Company’' a eubsidiary concern all the
chares in which are held by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
There is no guarantee of interest on thece shares, and moreover
the "Bakhtyari Oil Company’' is apparently restricted to opera
tions in territory other than Ma id an T.Tinuftun, the only paying
spot at present, or likely to be for some years to come. The
’’one square mile” worked by the 1st Exploitation Company will
anparently consist of bits of land here and there selected at
will to the detriment perhaps of the latter Company.
11. The pipe line is to be erected by the inglo-Persian Oil
pk
Company and the profits of this and^refinery will p-o to the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company alone. The Bakhtyarie will have no
share of 3 T in the capital spent on these works.
12. The cost of pipe line etc., is put down at £ 300,000 ;
local opinion of engineers is much nearer £ 8,00,000.
13. There seems no reason to think that the Admiralty will be
anxious to obtain oil-fuel from a Company whose supply is
derived from a pipe line 130 miles long through a foreign and
perhaps hostile country.
14.
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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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- 72r:78v, 79v:80v, 81v:82v, 83v:91v, 92v, 93v:94v, 95v:96v, 97v:98v, 99v:101v, 102v, 103v:104v, 105v:113r, 115r:118v, 119v:128v, 129v:132v, 136r:153r, 156r:171v, 174r:182v, 185v:190v, 192r:213v
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