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File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [258r] (81/338)
The record is made up of 1 item (168 folios). It was created in Apr 1909-Jul 1919. 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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our managing director in his letter of the 23rd September, an extract from which we sent
you with our letter of the 26th ultimo.
Our directors further instruct us that, should any such terms be demanded by his
Excellency the Sheikh of Mohammerah and, or, the Persian Government, they would,
rather than accede to them, and if no other course were left to them, abandon all idea of
drilling in his Excellency the sheikh’s territory, so leaving any oil there may be in such
territory in statu quo, since under the terms of the company’s concession, it would not be
practicable for anyone else to take it away.
Enclosure 9 in No. 1 .
Acting Consul Wilson to Messrs. Lloyd, Scott, and Co.
Gentlemen, Mohammerah, November 9, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 8 th November,
on the subject of the proposal of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to drill for oil at
Ahwaz, and of the intention of your board to do so without previously coming to a
definite arrangement on the subject with the sheikh.
2 . His Majesty’s Minister will he apprised in due course of the attitude and
intention of your company in the matter. In the meanwhile it is my duty to warn
you that I consider the action proposed to be contrary to the second clause of
article 3 of Mr. W. K. D’Arcy’s concession, and ill-calculated to further the interests
of your company in Arabistan. Further, that I shall, as at present advised, be unable
to support you in the course you now propose, and that any action you may take in
pursuance thereof will be upon your sole responsibility.
I have, &c.
A. T. WILSON, Lieutenant, I.A.
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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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- File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.'
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- 255v:256r, 257v:258r, 264v, 274r:275r, 278v:279v, 282v:283r, 337r
- Author
- Lloyd, Scott & Co Ltd (Mohammerah)
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