'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' [‎47v] (99/143)

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period there will be no right for either party to forego any of
the above conditions but they must agree to same.
(3) Should during the period of four months either party wish to
cancel this agreement of lease the amount of Krans 11,000 must
be refunded to the said Company, otherwise the said amount
will be held against lease of store and wharf which is now
occupied by the said Company for 72 months commencing from
1st March 1907.
(4) All protections to the store and wharf such as repairs to the build
ing, plastering, rebuilding broken walls, etc., etc., must be borne
by the said Company during the said period and the Karguzar
is not liable to pay anything.
(5) During the said period Messrs. Lynch Brothers are not empowered
to alter the form of the store and wharf in any way and the
building must stand in the same position as it is.
(6) Should at the expiration of the period of this lease there be no
consent from either party for renewal of further extension of
lease the said Company must hand over the store, wharf and
property, etc., in actual condition to the aforesaid Karguzar of
the Imperial Persian Government and has no right whatever to
make any claim either for property, cash, or any compensation.
(7) And because the said store and wharf were built by the Shah
Nasrrudin, martyr and inventor of Qran at the opening of the
river Karun as a commercial port for the navigation of
steamers of the great powers who are in friendly relation, he
therefore named the said store and wharf Sahib Qraniyeh and
for the sake of respect, etc., to the late Shah the said Company
are to call the wharf by this name.
On the abovementioned conditions two copies of this agreement were
signed by each party, each holding a copy.
The 1st Zil QacTeh 1323.
HUSSAIN,
Kdrguzdr (rtilah-ud-Dauleh).
Annex. Ill (C).
Translation, dated 6th Safar 1327, i.e., 27th February 1909-
As regards the wharf near the river opposite the two houses belonging
to me near the Consulate, situated at Puzeh-i-Sahib Qraniyeh, Mohammerah,
which I have reclaimed from the river, I hereby agree and notify that the
above reclaimed piece of ground, which is 15 feet broad and 57 feet long,
and which is adjoining the ground belonging to Messrs. Lynch Brothers which
they leased from the Persian Government, may be in their possession as long
as they possess the lease of the store and wharf belonging to the Persian
Government- The boundaries of the above ground have been- marked off by
wooden stakes and I agree to them.
(Signed and sealed) KHAZ’AL.
Registered 3rd March 1909, at British Consulate, Mohammerah.
Notr.— Tl i« supplementary agreement relates to a strip of ground in front of a house Imilt by the Shaikh
and rechime 1 by him, and inconsequence considered by h : m as his own property. The said house, however,
en Torched to the extent of al out '5 feet on Messrs. !-ynch Brothers’ original fronlage, as was proved in 1909 by
bientenant Wilson who found the old stone wall extending below pr< sent ground level as far as the eastern
limit of the strip referr< d to. In consideration of this, the Shaikh agree to allow Messrs. Lynch Biothers to
n*e the strip so long as they remainel in possession of the wharf and store house which they leased from
the Persian Government.