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File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [‎264v] (94/338)

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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Dated 8 th November 1910.
From— Messrs. Lloyd Scott & Co., Managing 1 Agents, Anglo-Persian Oil
Company, Limited, Muhammerah,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul, Muhammerah.
We have the honour to advise you, in connection with this Company’s
proposal to commence drilling operations for petroleum on the hills at Ahwaz,
that the question of an arrangement to be made with His Excellency the Shaikh
of Muhammerah has now been fully considered and discussed by the Board of
this Company.
It has been decided that the course to be followed is for us to start our
work at Ahwaz without committing the Company to any specific promises to
His Excellency the Shaikh, and, if and when His Excellency the Shaikh raises
any objection, we will immediately stop work and appeal to the Government
at Tehran.
Our Directors are, however, anxious that no action should, on any account,
be taken by us in opposition to His Excellency the Shaikh or that we should
have any dealings with him in the matter of “ terms,” so creating a position
which will enable us to represent to the Persian Government that they must
take the necessary steps for placing us in a position to carry out the objects of
the Concession purchased by this Company from the Persian Government.
As to the “ terms ” which this Company would be ultimately willing to
make with His Excellency the Shaikh of Muhammerah, we are instructed that
the arrangement of these can be left till a later date, but the feeling of our
Directors is that in no event would they be disposed again to agree to such
terms as they were, under force of circumstances, compelled to grant to the
Bakhtiari Khans, even in the form indicated by our Managing Director in his
letter of 23rd September, an extract from which we sent you with our letter of;
26th ultimo.
Our Directors further instruct us that, should any such terms he demanded
by His Excellency the Shaikh of Muhammerah and/or the Persian Government,
they would, rather than accede to them, and if no other course was left to them,
abandon all idea of drilling in His Excellency the Shaikh’s territory, so leaving
any oil there may he in such teiritory in statu quo, since, under the terms
of the Company’s Concession, it would not be practicable for anyone else to take
it away.
No. 1268, dated Muhammerah, the 9th November 1910.
From— Lieutenant A. T. Wilson, I.A., His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul
for Arabistan,
To— Messrs. Lloyd Scott & Co., Limited, Muhammerah.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 8 th Novem
ber on the subject of the proposal of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to
drill for oil at Ahwaz, and of the intention of your Hoard to do so without
previously coming to a definite arrangement on the subject with the Shaikh.
2 . His Majesty’s Minister will be 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 Arahistan. 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.
Telegram P., dated 10th November 1910 (sent via Bushire).
From— His Majesty’s Consul, Muhammerah,
To—His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
No. 79. Please refer to Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. telegram 182, my despatch 75 and
Bushire despatch to Government of India 2617, a copy of which was sent to
you.

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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:

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.' [‎264v] (94/338), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/144/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100030500368.0x00008a> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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