File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [319r] (203/338)
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at Ahwaz, this 16th July 1909, corresponding to 27th Jamad-es-Sani 1327, in
duplicate.
It is correct.
(Signed) KHAZA’L-BIN-JABIR.
Witnessed. Seal of
MOHAMED ALI.
For and on behalf of Anglo-Persian Oil
Company, Limited.
(HAJI RAIS-UT-TUJJAR). (Signed) LLOYD SCOTT & Co.
Agents, by the hand of
(Signed) J. B. LLOYD.
Witness to Signature of LLYOD SCOTT & Co.
(Signed) A. T. WILSON, Lieutenant /. A.,
Telegram P.Jrom His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, No.
nil, dated the 23rd (received 24th) July igog.
With reference to your telegram re loan remittance to the Sheikh of Moham-
merah, No. 3005.
The Company’s Bombay Agents have been instructed by them to ship
£ 1,6,500 in sovereigns for payment to the Sheikh per Messrs. Lloyd Scott &
Co., Mohammerah. Ten thousand pounds of this amount, as you are aware, is
to be advanced as a loan from His Majesty’s Government to the Sheikh.
As regards the Sheikh’s request that overt operations may be delayed till
the present crisis in Tehran is over, the Company yHII do their utmost to comply,
but since one half of the pipe-line is due for shipment from New York in August
and will probably arrive in September, it will be difficult to do this for long.
Secrecy as to the execution and details of the agreement will be maintained by
the Company.
No. g-Commercial, dated Bushire, the 25th July 1909.
From— Major P. Z. Cox, C.S 1 ., C.I.E.,
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.
,
To—The Right Hon’ble Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, His Britannic Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London.
In continuation of my despatch No. 8-Commercial, dated 18th instant, I
have the honour to submit a duplicate copy of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s
Agreement with the Sheikh of Mohammerah, together with a memorandum for
your information containing notes in comment or elucidation of various points in
the Agreement, which were the subject of special discussion in the course of our
negotiations with the Sheikh.
My proceedings in connection with the said negotiations were as follows :—
1 left for Mohammerah on the 7th instant, immediately on receipt of the
Draft Agreement and instructions received with Foreign Office Despatch No. i
Political ^21595-09) of 12th June.
Mr. McDouall after so many years in Mohammerah not having yet been
able to complete his preparations for departure and consequently not having
handed over charge of the duties of His Majesty’s Consulate, and being more
over anxious to avail himself of the present opportunity to bid farewell to Sheikh
Khazal, accompanied me to Ahwaz, as also did Lieutenant Wilson and Mr.
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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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