'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --' [79r] (157/178)
The record is made up of 1 volume (87 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1909-19 Jan 1914. It was written in English. 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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good and sufficient title to these lands, and that
no one in future can put forward any claim in
regard to the lands, the Sheikh undertakes for
the complete validity thereof to cause this
document to be signed and sealed by the elders
ot his tribes.
(6) (Article G relates to the appointment
of watchmen by the Sheikh, and their payment
by the Company.)
(7) (Article 7 governs the Sheikh’s
responsibility in the matter of losses sustained
by the Company, through theft or otherwise,
and the punishment of the offenders.)
(8) The Sheikh further grants the right
to the Comp :ny to make all burnt and
unburnt bricks and tiles required by them in
the lands for the time being in the bands of
the Company, and also to erect on the lands
occupied by them in accordance with the
articles of the Agreement, all buildings,
structures and machinery as may be needed by
them for the proper execution of their business.
The Company undertakes that on the
expiry of the concession, or of the period of the
extension or renewal thereof, all these lands
which have been acquired from the Sheikh on
lease or free of charge, shall be abandoned and
8 hall be given back into the hands of the
Sheikh, and the said Company will have no
further rights in them.
(9) This lease of land, and all the condi
tions pertaining thereto, shall remain in force
for the full period of the concession granted
to Mr. W. K. D’Arcy by His Imperial
Majesty the Shah of Persia, dated 28th May
1901, and of any extension or renewal thereof.
13ut on the expiration of the original period,
in the event of there being an extension or
renewal of the concession, the rent shall be
fixed at £ 1,500 sterling per annum, payable
annually in advance, and the' Sheikh ‘shall
have no right to demand any further increase.
If in consideration of the exigencies of
their business, the Company should wish to
curtail the period of their lease, in that case
twelve calendar (Christian) months’notice of
their intention must be given in writing to
the Sheikh prior to the termination of ^the
lease. Such notice will be sent to the Sheikh
through His Britannic Majesty’s Consul at
Mohammerah. If the lease should be thus
curtailed, the Company shall make no claim
for refund of money that has been paid in
advance on account of rent, and the Sheikh
likewise shall make no claim for rent for the
unexpired period of the lease.
(10) If at any time the Company desire
to acquire land on the Karun or Shatt-al-Arab
at Mohammerah or Ahwaz, or any other point
anywhere in the country under the Sheikh’s
jurisdiction, for wharves or warehouses for the
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The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from January to August 1909 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month of ... relating to affairs in Persia, and the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. The memoranda are dated and despatched by the Officiating Deputy Secretary to the Government of India (L W Reynolds). Also included in the file are letters of instruction from Deputy Secretary to the Government of India to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait, emphasising the confidential nature of the reports and with instructions on the procedure of transfer and acknowledgement to be followed by successive Political Agents. Also included in the file are letters of receipt from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait (William Henry Irving Shakespear; Stuart George Knox; William George Grey).
Each memorandum includes a table of contents. Topics covered in the memoranda include:
- Abu Musa and Hormuz red oxide concession
- Arabistan, Ahwaz-Borasjun and Khaf-Seistan telegraph lines
- appointment of an Italian agent at Muscat
- arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- dhows arbitration award
- insecurity of Persian trade routes
- Karun irrigation project
- Lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- murder of subjects of Chief of Abu Dhabi
- Najd affairs
- Perso-Aghan relations
- Persian deputation to Russia
- Proposed loans to local rulers
- Relations with the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Bakhtiari khans
- Riots and disturbances in Persia
- road concessions
- Shaikh of Kuwait's properties at Fao
- Tour of Consul-General, Meshed
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- 1 volume (87 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- 'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --'
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- front, front-i, 2r:88v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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