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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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Dates and other fruits fresh and dry produced in Mohammerah to be
entirely and always exempt and free from Customs dues. Grain exported
to be taxed as at other ports. Shaikh to receive salary of 12,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. a
year for his services.
The lands of the Karun, Mohammerah, and ’Abbadan Island to be granted
to Shaikh. Deh Mulla and Hindij an also to be granted to him. 1 The Shaikh
was also exempted from liability to pay Customs dues on household neces
saries and foodstuffs other than tea and wines; 2 and this concession was
subsequently extended to all articles for his personal use the importation of
which was not prohibited {vide Annex. 3 to this Chapter).
The administration of the Customs at Mohammerah was taken over by
Monsieur Waffelaert on 23rd September 1902 and Custom-houses were
established at Nasiri, Dizful and Shushtar.
The imposition of the new tariff on 14th February 1903 caused much
discontent throughout the Gulf, but no disturbances took place in ’Arabistan.
On December 24th, 1903, Sir Arthur Hardinge, who was at the time
returning to Tehran after touring in the Gulf with Lord Curzon, addressed
the following letter to the Shaikh, in accordance with telegraphic instructions
received from the Foreign Office, on the subject of the attempts that were
being made by the Persian Government to break the conditions subject to
which the Shaikh had permitted the establishment of Customs in Moham
merah :—
Tour Excellency—
I have received a telegram in reply to the one which I sent to His Majesty’s
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from Mohammerah after my first inter
view with lour Excellency. Lord Lansdowne says that, if, as he presumes is
the case from my account of Your Excellency’s statement to me, the Persian
Government is really attempting to repudiate the arrangement made with you
last year, I am authorised to say that you are in his opinion justified in opposing
such attempt. He instructs me to remind you of the message wffiich he sent
you last year and to add that you may rest assured of the support of the
British Government so long as you on your side observe the conditions of the
arrangement made between the Persian Government and yourself. He has
authorised me to point out to that Government the necessity for respecting the
conditions of the arrangement on their side, but I do not propose to do so
until I hear further from you a^ I think it will be better in the interests of
good relations between the Persian Government authorities and yourself that
our intervention should not be invoked until all the means of adjusting matters
between them and you have been exhausted.
Meanwhile I should be glad if you would send me to Tehran a copy of the note
from Monsieur Naus promising not to take duty on your personal imports, and
any further information on this question.
This letter was handed to Shaikh on 27th January 1904, and a verba
answer given by Haji Rais, which was sent to Bushire on 25th February 190"
by Major E. B. Burton, then Acting Vice-Consul at Mohammerah.
1 ^04, the Shaikh had legitimate grounds for complaint at the actioi
•k-i-! c " storas in ignoring his authority and taking upon themselves respon
sibility for policing the river. S. S. “ Muzaffari ” was despatched fron
ushire without his being informed, and seized country boats on variou:
UI v^X;0X LS.
When the cashier of the Mohammerah Customs absconded with the cas
■o arac i, e Shaikh at the request of the Customs issued a warrant to tw
ot his guards to arrest the prisoner and bring him to Mohammerah.
tateJt 6 f ! ris ?? er yas extradited, detained at the Customs and subsequent!
■ M ° n j le l lr Waffeleart though the offence was committe;
r' ; ’ ,l < l Shaikh . 8 J un ® dl0 V on m 5, klI, g a PP ear that the Customs desire,
Is GovernOT 3 P ° n ° n 7 “ Dlrector General of the Customs but als,
i f ‘ r " l ;'”i s f," l]) 6 P 0 ™ 4 . 8 ' granting the Shaikh’s request, were issued Appendices 7 8 and 01
V.ie Annex. 1, letter from Mrrza Yantz to Shaikh, dated 27th Kabi-ul-Aval 1323 S JunTlWS

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Content

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)
Arrangement

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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'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'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 24r:46v, 49r:52v, 57v, 65r:66r, 67r:68v, back-i
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