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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' [‎57v] (119/143)

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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authorised me to say that we shall protect Mohammerah against naval attack
by a foreign power whatever pretext for intervention may be alleged and also
so long as you remain faithful to the Shah and act in accordance with our
advice we will continue to give you our good offices and support.
As I have however said above I do not regard this danger at any rate at
present as a real one. The Persian Government desires I am sure as earn
estly as we do the preservation of peace in Arabistan and the establishment of
a customs house at Mohammerah is, as I assured you last year, a fiscal, not a
political, measure. It has already informed me in a friendly spirit of the
conditions under which the new arrangement has been made and the British
Government has instructed me to intimate its acquiescence in them.
We reserve of course our right to object to any further change which we
may consider likely as affecting peace and trade on the Karun, to be detri
mental to our interests.
I hope that the new arrangement may work smoothly. There will very
likely be some small difficulties and friction at first, but I trust to your wisdom
and judgment to deal with them prudently and patiently. Our Consul has my
orders to afford you all help and advice and you may place every reliance on
my friendship. You can write to me freely should you wish to do so as well
as to the Resident at Bushire.
Your sincere friend,
ARTHUR HARDINGE.
APPENDIX VII.
Translation of Farman granting the district of Fallahiyeh to Shaikh Khaz'al
Khan, 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. Arja?
(L. S.) Seal of Muzaffar-ud-Din Shah.
Since Fallahiyeh, from ancient times to the present, has been the place of
the tribes of the Ka’ab and is part of the jurisdiction of His Excellency
Shaikh Khaz’al Khan Mu’izz-es-Saltaneh, 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’, and since he has
always delighted the royal and benign mind by his good service and diligence
in causing the aforesaid place to flourish. Therefore in order to bestow kingly v
favours in this auspicious year of Pars-il we have left and granted to him, as
perpetual property, the place of Fallahiyeh in order that each year he should
pay the usual annual revenue to the Highest Government, and the present
and future Governors of ’Arabistan have no right to demand a single cent and
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’ and the tribes of the Ka’ab also shall not have the right to
sell or transfer the said properties to foreigners.
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’ is permitted and empowered to exercise in those lands
the possessory rights of ownership of every kind. The Government have no
right to take possession of or interfere with those properties and 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’ should with all zeal and hopefulness occupy himself in causing the
places to flourish and the prosperity of the Ka’ab and more than ever give plea
sure as before to the kind and royal presence by reason of his good services.
It is hereby ordered that the respected Mustaufis (Government Secre- r
taries) should register and record a copy of this august farman and consider
it their duty to do so.
Dated Shawwal Pars-il 1320 (January 1903).
Seals on the reverse :—
(L. S.) Atabeg ’Azam.
(L. S.) Mushir-ud-Dauleh.
(L. S.) Wazir Minister. -ud-Daftar.

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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' [‎57v] (119/143), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/70, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100034861789.0x000078> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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