File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.' [‎361r] (287/338)

reMon^^T^fessra^^'ey'^’aul^andf'Grev 3 !^ 6 ^ t0 • d ° What be f < l uired ’ for the
Company of America! ° 7 Mackenzle are a g ents to the Standard Oil
/—Sheikh Khazal Khin 'l! . a S£? eI ?l? n t '‘'itei'ed into between 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, Amir Ionian,
and hereinafter colled “Tl •i a u bui ^!,r ri ’ of Mohammerah, on the one part,
of Glasgow N P i-l 16 \ lelkh ’ an ^ ■^■ essrs * Concessions Syndicate (Limited)
resoec^^land^r^;:!! 01 ^ vJ 16 f pa ^’ a P d hereinafter called “ The Syndicate,” in
their business • ^ re ^ e ^ atter m territories of the former, for purposes of
, “ Z Ul f her ® b , y a g reed that >, in consideration of the payment to him by the syndicate
of eSoT^lrffrfo 1 the , Sheikh undertakes *0 hire to the syndicate" an area
tL vdl J ! f R , 69 “t'; are - Va ^ S PfJ ereeb on Abadan Island, and situated between
west K ^ Q, fT* "'I th6 ' 10rth , and Bawarda ou th e south, being bounded on the
wist by the Shat-el-Arab, and on the east by the Bahmishir Rivers, and having a river
frontage of yards on the former, and yards on the latter.
,, • ’ r 6 knmkh further undertakes to allow the syndicate, free of all costs, to lay
the pipe-lines wherever they may require in his lands, or in the lands for the time
emg under his jurisdiction or leased by him of others or purchased, and such uncul
tivated land as may be needed by them for telegraph or telephone stations, pumpinv
stations, or quarters for hue inspectors or staff, of not more than U jereebs at
eacli spot. * J
4. The Sheikh further grants the free use of an area of 10 jereebs at Ahwaz,
and bordering on the left bank of the Liver Kanin, for purposes of storing material,
erecting a stoie-house and such buildings as may be needed for the business of* the
syndicate. Ibis area to be located opposite the island in the river and up stream
from the garden adjacent to the landing-place used by steamers plying on the Upper
Karun.
5. The Sheikh further undertakes to nominate watchmen for the efficient guarding
of the property of the syndicate, and in each district through which the pipes may be
laid, or the syndicate’s property exposed to possible loss, he will furnish the represen
tative of the syndicate with the names of his representatives, who will be instructed
by him to supply reliable men for this work, on receipt of a request from the syndicate’s
representative on the spot. Any changes in the personnel of his representatives he will
from time to time advise the syndicate’s representative.
“ 6 . The guards employed being thus, as it were, guaranteed by the Sheikh, he under
takes to indemnify the syndicate for loss incurred by theft of property, when such is in
charge of the said guards, and in the event of damage done wilfully to pipe-line, tanks or
other property of the syndicate, 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
syndicate respected in his lands.
“ 7. The Sheikh further grants the right to the syndicate to make all bricks,
tiles, &c., required by them, and 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 become the property of the Sheikh on the expiry of the concession referred to in
the following article.
“ 8 . This lease of land, and all the conditions pertaining thereto, will remain in
force for such a period as may be then remaining, at the date of signing this agreement,
of the concession granted to Mr. W. K. D’arcy by His Imperial Majesty the Shah
of Persia , and dated , or such shorter time as the
syndicate may wish, in consideration of the exigencies of their business, and, should the
period of the lease be so curtailed, twelve calendar months’ notice of their intention
will be given in writing to the Sheikh, prior to the termination of the lease. Such
notice will 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.
“ 9 . This “agreement, and all the articles therein, are accepted by the Sheikh
as binding on him and his heirs and successors, whom ever they may be.
“ io. The syndicate, on their part, agree to pay the above-named rental to the
Sheikh in the following manner :—
and to the credit of the Sheikh in the hands of Messrs, the Impel ial t
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