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File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [255r] (75/338)
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CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
[January 2, 1911.]
Section 1.
Sir G. Barclay to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received January 2, 1911.)
(No. 228.)
Sir, Tehran, December 18, 1910.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 209, my telegram No. 469, and your telegram
No. 352 of the 12th, 15th, and 22nd ultimo respectively, I have the honour to transmit
further documents in regard to the intention of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to
drill for oil in Mohammerah territory and the expediency of coming to a friendly
understanding with the sheikh with regard thereto.
I have, &c.
G. BARCLAY.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1 .
Consul-General Cox to Sir G. Barclay.
(No. 81. Confidential.)
Sir, Bushire, November 6 , 1910.
WITH reference to my despatch dated the 2nd October, 1910, I have the honour
to submit, for your Excellency’s information, a copy of correspondence on the subject
of the intention of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to bore for oil in Mohammerah
territory and the expediency of coming to a friendly understanding with the sheikh in
regard thereto.
I have, &c.
P. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel, British
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Acting Consul Wilson to Consul-General Cox.
(Confidential.)
Si r; Mohammerah, October 28, 1910.
WITH reference to the correspondence ending with my letter dated th
27th August, 1910, I have the honour to forward copies of further correspondence
which has reached me on the subject of the proposal of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
(Limited) to drill at or near Ahwaz.
2. It will be seen that the managing director is prepared to put before his board
a proposal that the company should undertake to pay to the sheikh 3 per cent, on the
profits of any oil obtained within his territory, and asks for an expression of your views
on this proposal.
3. It appears that this proposal was in Mr. Lloyd’s mind when the agreement
between the company and the sheikh was in the making at Ahwaz, and as it is
substantially the same as the present arrangement between the company and the
Bakhtiari khans, it is difficult to understand Mr. Lloyd’s statement that “ it was not
in his mind at all that this friendly arrangement should be on the basis which was
made by the company with the Bakhtiari.’’ I submit, therefore, that my inteipretation
of the undertaking, as given in my letter of the 26th August to the company, is
substantially accurate. „ .
4. If this arrangement be agreed to by the board, I foresee no dilnculty in
negotiating a mutually satisfactory agreement between the sheikh and the company,
the rent for the lands being nil until oil is struck and not over 11. per acre if this
contingency should fortunately occur.
[ ll£L \ T 0 &C.
A. T. WILSON, Lieutenant, I.A.
[1845 6—1]
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Part 3 consists of correspondence relating to an agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Shaikh Khazal-Bin-Jaber [Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī] of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. 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;
- British Minister to Persia, Tehran;
- representatives of Anglo-Persian Oil Company;
- 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. ;
- Shaikh Khazal of Mohammerah;
- Messrs Lloyd, Scott, and Co., agents of Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Mohammerah;
- Persian government officials;
- Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia.
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- the negotiations over a loan to Shaikh Khazal by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for the use of land on Abadan Island for an oil refinery;
- the question of what is to be done with company buildings on the island when the concession period ends;
- the nature of Shaikh Khazal's rights to the land in question;
- the Persian Government's exceptions to some of the terms of the agreement;
- the question of guards for the refinery and who will pay for them.
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