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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' [61r] (126/143)
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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107
Translation of writings on the reverse.
(This) Farman has been granted and signed by His Majesty, the Mustan-
fis (Royal Accountants) and the Customs administration should carefully
peruse the Farman and debit the 12,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
being the salary of His Excel
lency the Mu’izz-es-Saltaneh, against the Customs revenues. The Royal Far
man has now been issued.
(L. S.) Mushir-ud-Dauleh.
Seen and registered.
(L. S.) Ttimad-ud-Daftar.
Seen.
(L. S.)
Mu’izz-es-Saltaneh.
Seen.
Seen.
Seen.
(L. S.)
Yemin-ul-Mulk.
Seen.
(L. S.)
Muhammad Nuri.
The sum of 12,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
has been granted and fixed as a salary accord
ing to this obligatory Farman, for His Excellency the Mu’izz-es-Sultaneh,
Amir Tuman,
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’ out of the original Customs revenue.
A Bill will be issued every year from this year, Bars-eel and hereafter by
the Customs officer on account of the abovementioned sum.
Rahi ai-Sani, 1320.
Seen.
(L. S.) A’zam-el-Mulk.
Registered and seen by His Excellency the
Wazir
Minister.
-ud-Daftar.
(L. S.)
Wazir
Minister.
-ud-Daftar.
Seen.
Seen.
Seen.
This Farman has been registered.
Seen.
(L. S.) Ghulam Hussain bin Muhammad.
APPENDIX XII.
Agreement entered into between 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’, Amir Nuyan, Shaikh
Khaz’al Khan ibn Haji Jabir Khan, heirs and successors, and his tribesmen,
on the one part, hereinafter called “ the Shaikh ” and Messrs. Anglo-Persian
Oil Co., Limited, of London, on the other part, hereinafter called “ the Com
pany,” in respect of lands required by the said Company in the territories of
the former, for the purpose of their business, under the exclusive privileges of
the concession granted to Mr. W. K. D’Arcy by His Majesty the Shah of
Persia on the 28th May 1901.
Whereby it is agreed that:—
1. The Shaikh undertakes to hire to the said Company an area free of
date trees of 650 (six hundred and fifty) jaribs of 4,669 square yards per jarib,
on ’Abbadan Island, situated between the village of Braim on the north-west
and Bawairdeh on the south-east, having a frontage of about 2,000 yards on
the Shatt-al-’Arab, and also a strip of land not less than thirty yards in
breadth for a right of way connecting the land abovementioned with the
Bahmanshir River : but the public rights of way must remain.
2. Should the said Company find the ground selected as above, after
further examination, not suitable for the requirements, they should have the
right to select other sites of the same area and same description. Should the
Company require more land, free of date trees, adjacent to the lands leased to
them, the Shaikh undertakes, in case the Company asks for such land within
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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)
- 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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