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'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan' [‎5r] (14/143)

The record is made up of 1 volume (68 folios). It was created in 1912. It was written in English and Farsi. 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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PREFATORY NOTE BY LIEUTENANT WILSON.
r™? compilation makes no claim to completeness. The historical
portion has been prepared with the object of summarising as far as possible
the past history of Arabistan, so far as it bears even indirectly on our present
position. The political portion has been' written in order to record and elu
cidate in some detail the salient factors which go to make up the sum total
P 1 ^ ^ n & a g ements and responsibilities in ’Arabistan, and of the liabilities
which those engagements directly or indirectly entail on us. As the British
Government has undertaken to protect the Shaikh against encroachments on
his jurisdiction, recognized rights, and property in Persia, it has been neces-
incompfete mme questl0ns m some detail > though the survey is still quite
The following questions in particular require careful study :
(1) Revenue of Arabistan : taxation : methods of revenue collection :
revenue how remitted to Tehran : land tenure;
(2) Extent and value of Shaikh’s property in Turkey: nature of his
personal and family rights over land in ’Arabistan.
It is desirable that precis should be prepared in regard to the following
questions:— ° s
(1) Relations between Shaikh and Bakhtiari Khans, and betweeq
Shaikh and other Persian tribal heads.
(2) Karun navigation.
(3) Ahwaz-Ispahan road.
(4) Luristan road.
(5) Affairs of Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited.
(6) ’Arabistan Telegraphs.
(7) Jurisdiction over Shatt-al-’Arab and Turkish claims to establish
quarantine at Fao.
(8) Treatment and status of Bahrainis in ’Arabistan.
All these questions are peculiar to ’Arabistan, and unless the facts in
fgard thereto are summarised in a convenient form they are liable eventually
to be lost sight of, or at all events to be inaccessible without considerable
labour.
It has been thought unnecessary to reproduce in this compilation Docu-
ments pnnted in Aitchison’s “Treaties, etc.,” 4th Edition, 1909, or Hertslet’s
Persian Treaties, 1891,” but all others are produced in full.
B^shire;
The 6th March 1911.
A. T. WILSON, Lieut., I.A.,
Acting Consul for 'Arabistan.

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This volume consists of a précis issued by the Government of India which provides comprehensive details regarding the history of relations between the British Government and the tribes and rulers of 'Arabistan. The volume is divided into eleven sections as follows:

  • I. British Interests in 'Arabistan;
  • II. 'Arabistan: Internal Politics up to the death of Haji Jabir and genealogical table of Shaikhs of Mohammerah, 1527-1881;
  • III. Shaikh Miz'als's rule, 1882-1897;
  • IV. Shaikh Khaz'al's rule, 1897-1910;
  • V. Shaikh Khaz'al and the Persian Customs;
  • VI. Shaikh Khaz'al: Political Relations with British Government;
  • VII. Piracies;
  • VIII. Turko-Persian Frontier Question;
  • IX. Shaikh of Mohammerah and Turks;
  • X. Irrigation in 'Arabistan;
  • XI. Acquisition and Tenure of Land in 'Arabistan with Annexes.

Between folios 51-70, the volume contains a number of appendices including copies of various relevant agreements. On folios 69-70, the volume contains the Persian text of a concession granted to the Nasiri Company for running ships from Ahwaz to Shushtar.

The volume was compiled by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Consul for 'Arabistan. The printing statement reads, 'Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1912'

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1 volume (68 folios)
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The volume opens with a contents page (folio 4) followed by a prefatory note (folio 5), a list of relevant officials (folio 6), a schedule of appendices (folio 7), eleven chapters of text (folios 8-50) and ends with sixteen appendices (folios 51-70).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 8-65.

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English and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script
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'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan' [‎5r] (14/143), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/70, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100034861789.0x00000f> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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