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File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [293v] (152/338)
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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Enclosure 3 in No. 1 .
Atabeg Azam to Salar-ud-Daulah.
Salar-ud-Daulah,
IN view of the excellence, good service, politeness and good works of Sheikh
Khaz'al Khan Muizz-us-Saltanah
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Arfa’, we have left and granted to him as
perpetual property in this lucky year of Pars II, Fallahiyeh, which from ancient times
till now has been the place of the tribes of the Ch’ab and part of his jurisdiction
in accordance with a separate farman which has been signed by the Shah.
The governors of Arabistan should not demand a single additional cent, above the
usual annual revenue from him.
You, my noble son, and all future governors of Arabistan, should recognise
Fallahiyeh as his personal property, in accordance with the separate farman and this
august autograph, and give him every support and assistance in the execution of his
orders so that he may remain at ease and be engaged always with great independence
and zeal in performing: State affairs.
(L.S.)
(Seal of Muzaffar-ud-Din Shah.)
Dated month of Shawwal, 1320 (January 1903).
(L.S.)
(Royal Seal.)
(Seal on reverse.)
(L.S.)
ATABEG AZAM.
Enclosure 4 in No. 1 .
Farman, dated Shawwal Pars II (January 1903).
SINCE Fallahiyeh from ancient times to the present has been the place of the
tribes of the Ch’ab, and is part of the jurisdiction of his Excellency Sheikh Khaz’al
Khan Muizz-us-Saltanah
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Arfa, and since he has always delighted the royal
and benign mind by his good service and diligence in causing the aforesaid place to
flourish. Therefore, m order to bestow kingly favours in this auspicious year of Pars II,
we have left and granted to him as perpetual property the place of Fallahiyeh in
order that each year he should pay the usual annual revenue to the Highest Govern
ment, and the present and future governors of Arabistan have no' righlTto demand a
single cent, and the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Arfa’ and the tribes of the Ch’ab also shall not have the
right to sell or transfer the said properties to foreigners.
The
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Arfa’ is permitted and empowered to exercise in those lands the
possessory rights of ownership of every kind. The Government have no right to take
possession of or interfere with those properties, and the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Arfa’ should with all
zeal and hopefulness occupy himself in causing the places to flourish, and the prosperity
of the Ch’ab, and more than ever give pleasure as before to the kind and royal presence
by reason of his good services. 1
It is hereby ordered that the respected Mustaufis (Government secretaries)
should register and record a copy of this august farman and consider it their duty
to do so. J
Dated Shawwal Pars II, 1322 (January 1903).
(Seal on the reverse.)
(L.S.)
(Seal of Muzaffar-ud-Din Shah).
(L.S.)
(L-S.)
(LS.)
ATABEG AZAM.
MUSHIR-UD-DAULAH.
WAZIR
Minister.
-UD-DAFTAR.
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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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