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Coll 29/73 'Ahwaz: grant of compensation to the Shaikh of Mohammerah on account of money he advanced towards the building of a consulate at Ahwaz' [28r] (57/331)
The record is made up of 1 file (164 folios). It was created in 3 Aug 1933-4 Sep 1936. 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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In consideration of the sum of 50,000
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
,
paid to me by His Majesty’s Government in the United
Kingdom and the Government of India, the receipt of
which I hereby acknowledge, I agree to waive all claims
whatsoever which I may now have against the said
Governments or either of them: and I further undertake,
in the event of the said Governments or either of them
or any official, servant or employee of either of
them, purchasing or occupying the piece of land at
Ahwaz on which I undertook in 1924 to erect buildings
for the Government of India not to make, either at the
time of the purchase or at any previous or subsequent
time, and whether such purchase is effected or not,
any claim whatsoever regarding such land or any part
thereof or in respect of any building thereon or of any
materials purchased for the purpose of building thereon
against either of the said Governments or any such
official, servant or employee whether for the ownership,
occupation, use or enjoyment of the whole or any part
thereof or of any right in connexion therewith or for
any damages or other payment or in any other manner
whatsoever.
Signed and sealed in my presence
by Sheikh Khazal Khan, the Sheikh
of Mohammerah, at his house this
twenty sixth day of March one
thousand nine hundred and thirty
five .
(Sd. ) A.C.Trott.
Oriental Secretary.
Teheran.
March 26th 1935.
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- Content
The file concerns the British Consulate site and buildings at Ahwaz, rented from the Shaikh of Mohammerah.
The file covers:
- affairs of Shaikh of Mohammerah with the Persian Government, 1933
- payment of compensation to Shaikh of Mohammerah for the loss of a sum of money advanced by him in 1924 for the construction of the new Ahwaz Consulate buildings, 1934
- disposal of Consulate building materials at Ahwaz, 1933
- death of Shaikh of Mohammerah, 1936
- late Sheikh of Mohammerah's property in Kuwait, 1936.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Shaikh of Mohammerah, the British Legation at Tehran, the Foreign Office, the 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. , the Treasury, the Office of Works, and 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. at Kuwait.
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- 1 file (164 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 166; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3649
- Title
- Coll 29/73 'Ahwaz: grant of compensation to the Shaikh of Mohammerah on account of money he advanced towards the building of a consulate at Ahwaz'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:159v, 162r:165r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence