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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' [133r] (267/331)
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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consequent 1’orf’eiture by the sheikh of* his capital
outlay, were the direct outcome of our failure to fulfil
our written promises and protect him against the Persians*
If we had been able to fulfil these promises, the sheikh
would have continued to be a power in Khuzistan, the
building which he planned would be in use by us to-day, and
the Sheikh would have suffered no loss on the transaction.
It was, no doubt, an ordinary commercial transaction, and
the Sheikh concluded the agreement to benefit himself
rather than His Majesty’s Government. But the fact
remains that he would never have taken the financial
risk which the agreement entailed for him if he had
foreseen how little our written promises were going to
help him in his struggle with the pahlevi regime .
4. Quite apart, however, from the consideration,
in strict equity, of the particular aspect of the
Sheikh’s affairs, there is the wider question of the
moral reponsibility of His Majesty’s Government to do
what little they can towards easing the lot of their
former protege . And in this matter of moral responsibility
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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