File 3852/1912 Pt 2 'Persia. Conditions in South Persia. German Documents' [‎297r] (225/280)

IV. It is understood that the revenues of all the Persian
customs, with the exception of those of Farsistan and of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , revenues guaranteeing the amortization and the
interest of the loans concluded by the Government of the Shah
with the “Banque d’Escompte et des Prets de Perse” up to
the date of the signature of the present Agreement, shall be
*. '?voted to the same purpose as in the past.
It is equally understood that the revenues of the Persian
customs of Farsistan and of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , as well as those
of the fisheries on the Persian shore of the Caspian Sea and
those of the Posts and Telegraphs, shall be devoted, as in the
past, to the service of the loans concluded by the Government
of the Shah with the Imperial Bank of Persia up to the date of
the signature of the present Agreement.
V. In the event of irregularities occurring in the amortiza
tion or the payment of the interest of the Persian loans conclu
ded with the “Banque d’Escompte et des Prets de Perse and
with the Imperial Bank of Persia up to the date of the signature
of the present Agreement, and in the event of the necessity aris
ing for Russia to establish control over the sources of revenue
guaranteeing the regular service of the loans concluded with
the first-named bank, and situated in the region mentioned in
Article II of the Present Agreement, or for Great Britain to
establish control over the sources of revenue guaranteeing the
regular service of the loans concluded with the second-named
bank, and situated in the region mentioned in Article I of the
present Agreement, the British and Russian Governments
undertake to enter beforehand into a friendly exchange of
ideas with a view to determine, in agreement with each other,
the measures of control in question and to avoid all interference
which would not be in conformity with the principles governing
the present Agreement.