File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [‎350v] (266/338)

years from the date of this agreement they shall pay rental at the market rat^j
obtainable in the district for similar land.
5 . The sheikh further undertakes to nominate watchmen for the efficient guarding
of the property of the company, in each district through which the pipes may be laid,
or the company’s property exposed to possible loss. He will furnish the representa
tive of the company with the names of his representatives, who on receipt of a request
from the company’s representative on the spot will be instructed by him to supply
reliable men for this work. Any changes in the personnel of his representatives, he will
from time to time advise the company’s representative.
6 . The guards employed being thus guaranteed by the sheikh, he undertakes to
indemnifv the company for loss incurred by theft of property, when such is in chaige of
the said guards, and in the event of damage done wilfully to pipe-lines, tanks or other
property of the company, he undertakes to do his best to trace the offenders, and in the
event of identification, to inflict such punishment as may deter others, in the future,
from doing the same, and with the object, also, of making the property of the company
respected in his lands.
7. The sheikh further grants to the company to make all bricks, tnes, osc.,
required by them, and also to erect on the lands so occupied by them in accordance
with the articles of this agreement, all buildings and machinery as may be needed by
them for the proper execution of their business, which same buildings, &c., will not be
removed by the company on the expiry of the concession referred to in the following
article * -
8 . This lease of land and all the conditions pertaining thereto shall remain in force for
the full period of the concession granted to Mr. W. K. D’Arcy by His Imperial Majesty
the Shah of Persia, dated the 28th May, 1901, and of any extension or renewal thereof.
In consideration of the exigencies of their business should the company wish to curtail
the period of their lease, then twelve calendar months’ notice of their intention must
be oiven in writing to the sheikh, prior to the termination of the lease. Such notice
wilf be sent to the sheikh, and at the same time a duplicate to His Britannic Majesty s
consul at Mohammerah, and its receipt by the latter will be held to be proof of its
receipt by the former. -it u tz
9 . If at any time should the company desire to acquire land on the Karun, at
Ahwaz or any other point for wharf or warehouse, or anywhere in the country under
the sheikh’s jurisdiction, he is as far as possible to assist the company in procuring
favourable rates for acquiring the same. .
10 . The company on their part agree not to engage without the cognizance of the
sheikh tribesmen for their work, or in any way to interfere in tribal matters.
11 . The company, as lessees of the land, agree that all treasure trove throughout
the land leased to the company belongs to the sheikh alone. By “ treasure trove is
meant gold and silver or precious metals in a natural state, or coins and objects of
antiquity of the same metals.
12 . The company, on their part, agree to pay the above-named decennial rental
to tbe sheikh in advance in the following manner :—To the credit of the sheikh in
the hands of Messrs. The Imperial , the receipt by the bank of the money
being accepted as the full receipt of the sheikh himself. The first payment shall be
made by the company within three days of receiving notice of the signature of this
agreement.
13. The company bind themselves to employ as guards and watchmen only those
who may be recommended as reliable by the sheikh or his representatives in the various
disticts, and only so long as his support of their authority over them, and his assistance
in the detection of thieves and his punishment of them, when detected, be real and
effectual. ...
14. The payment to the guards and watchmen engaged from the sheikhs men will
be by the hands of the company and on the following scale
Fifty krans per month of the Christian calendar and without food, and this v ill
take place fifteen days subsequent to the end of the month during which it was
earned. # . . .
15. In the event of a watchman, or any employ^, leaving without giving due
notice of one month, it is the rule of the company that fifteen days pay be forfeited, am
without exception all native employes are engaged on these terms.
16. The company reserve to themselves the right to punish the watchmen oy
inflicting fines to the extent of a half month’s pay as a maximum, and in the event of
their behaviour warranting a heavier punishment, they will be handed oyer to the
representative of the sheikh at the nearest place, who, instructed by the sheikh in the