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File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [337r] (239/338)
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 Docmnent is tha Property of Bis Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[27562]
Anglo-Persian Oil Company to Foreign Office.—(Received July 21.)
Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C.,
Sir, July 20, 1909.
I HAVE the honour to enclose copy of a telegram received to-day from our
agents in Persia, Messrs. Lloyd, Scott and Co. dated Mohammerah, the 17th July.
The arrangement arrived at would appear from Messrs. Lloyd, Scott and Co.’s
telegram to be a very satisfactory one, and on behalf of this company 1 desire to tender
to you and to His Britannic Majesty’s consul at Bushire the best thanks of this
company.
I am now arranging for the 6,500 sovereigns to be sent to Mohammerah as
requested by Messrs. Lloyd, Scott and Co., and, as I presume that part of the arrange
ment made by Major Cox with the Sheikh will be a loan of 10,000/. from the British
Government to the Sheikh for which my company is to provide the funds, I expect to
hear from you on the subject shortly.
i have, &c.
C. W. WALLACE, Vice-Chairman.
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[July 21 .]
Section 4.
No. 1 .
Inclosure in No. 1.
Messrs. Lloyd, Scott and Co. to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, London.
(Telegraphic.) Mohammerah, July 17, 1909.
AGREEMENT with Sheikh has been signed and the copy posted to you to-day.
The details and the wording have had to he altered to some extent, but the essentials
have been maintained, and it is satisfactory on the whole. The rent on renewal has
been fixed at 1,500/. payable annually. The agreement has to be endorsed by the
tribal elders before the money is paid, but this is merely a foimal matter. I lease
arrange to send by first mail steamer from Bombay 6,500 English sovereigns. Also
telegraph your confirmation of the arrangement. In view of the political situation,
the Sheikh requests you to keep the agreement secret from the Persian Government in
the meantime, and also, if possible, not to commence work on Abadan Island for a
little while. Major Cox approves. , 1 ^
In view of possible unrest, we have arranged to detain the
Sepoy
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
guard at
Ahwaz for the present.
[2339 x — 4]
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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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- 333r, 337r, 339r, 341r, 348r, 350r, 359r:359v, 383r:384r
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- Wallace, Charles William
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