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File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [269r] (103/338)
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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[This .« o. . *!•; is t qo Proper t y of His Britannic Majesty s Government.j
4
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[December 6 .]
Section 2.
[44294] No. 1 .
Anglo-Persian Oil Company to Foreign Office.—(Received December G.)
Winchester House, Old Broad Street, London,
Sir, December 5, 1910.
I HA\ E now been able to place your letter of the 18th ultimo before my board,
and I am to inform you that, in deference to the desire expressed in the last paragraph
of your letter, all negotiations and preparations for boring for oil in the territory of the
Sheikh of Mohammerah have been suspended in the meantime.
But I am also to inform you that your letter, and consequently probably also
Sir Edward Grey s views on the matter, are based on a misunderstanding. Your
letter says :—
“ The local representatives of your company in Persia have stated to His Majesty’s
acting consul at Mohammerah that they intend to bore for oil in the territory of the
Sheikh of Mohammerah without securing his previous assent, alleging that the second
paragraph of article 3 of your concession applies only to works mentioned in
article 2 .”
We do not know how the misunderstanding has arisen, but we do not put forward
any such claim. Y e are quite ready to apply the second paragraph of article 3 to any
lands that we require for any purpose whatsoever, and which do not come under
paragraph 1, article 3.
If that, then, is the only issue between us, I hope that you will see your way to
our resuming negotiations with the sheikh with a view to our searching for oil in his
territory.
We are quite prepared to pay to him, or other owner or lessee of lands where we
may desire to put down bore-holes, adequate compensation for any disturbance and a
fair rent while we occupy the land, to restore it to its present condition if we strike no
oil and leave it, and [or] to buy it in accordance with clause 2 , article 3 , or lease it,
according to what arrangement may result from friendly negotiations, in the event of
our finding oil anywhere.
I beg to assure you that my directors desire to develop the concession in a manner
congenial and profitable to the Sheikh of Mohammerah, and in pursuance of this we
shall instruct our Persian agents not to press the sheikh in any way, but to cease
work, if he objects to our searching for oil, even in waste lands, pending further
amicable negotiations.
In this policy my board trusts that it will enjoy the support of the British Legation
and consuls in Persia.
I have, &c.
C. GREENWAY,
Managing Director.
COPY TO INDIA
3-0 91?..
[1805 /—21
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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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- 268r:269r, 285r, 332r
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- Greenway, Charles
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