ملف رقم ١٤٢١ لسنة ١٩٠٨، جزء ٣، "بلاد فارس: النفط؛ مفاوضات بين شيخ المحمرة وشركة النفط الأنجلو-فارسية" [و‎‎٣‎٢‎٧] (٣٣٨/٢١٩)

extension or renewal of the concession, the rent shall be fixed at 1,500L 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 the lease, in that case 12 calendar (Christian) months’
v 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-el-
Arab at Mohammerah or Ahwaz, or any other point anywhere in the country under the
sheikh’s jurisdiction, for wharves or warehouses for the purposes of their business, the
sheikh undertakes as far as possible to assist the said company in procuring the said
land at favourable rates of lease. It is to be understood that such rent will be paid by
the company themselves.
11. In consideration of the lease of the lands mentioned in paragraph 1 , the
company undertake to pay rent at a rate of 650/. per annum, such rent to be paid in
advance every ten years, namely, the amount due to be paid to the sheikh by drafts of
the company, such payment to be made through His Britannic Majesty’s consul at
Mohammerah in exchange for the receipt of the sheikh.
The first payment shall be made by the company within three days of notice being
received by the directors of the completion of this agreement.
12. The company on their own part agree not to engage without the cognizance of
the sheikh, tribesmen for their work, or in any way to interfere in tribal matters.
13. The company, as lessees of these lands, agree that all treasure-trove throughout
the lands leased to the company, and other lands given under this agreement, belong to
the sheikh alone. By “ treasure-trove ” is meant coins, jewellery, and objects of
antiquity.
14. The company bind themselves to take into their employ as guards and
watchmen only such persons as the sheikh or his representatives in the various
localities may state to be trustworthy, and the company agree that on receipt from the
sheikh of the expression of a wish for the dismissal of any such guard or watchman,
they will act in accordance with his request, but only so long as support to the
enforcement of their authority over the company’s employes is received from the
sheikh, and so long as his assistance in the detection of thieves and punishment of
them when detected, if subject to his jurisdiction, shall be real and effective.
15. The payments to unmounted guards and watchmen engaged from among the
sheikh’s men will be made by the company on the following scale : 50 krans per
month of the Christian calendar without food, or any higher sum that the company
may think necessary, and this sum will be paid by them 15 days subsequent to
the end of the month during which it was earned. If the said guards and watchmen do
not agree to work for 50 krans per month or the further sum above indicated, then the
company shall have the right to bring guards and watchmen from some other place, but
they shall not import them from localities at enmity with the sheikh, and only so long
as the pay of such men shall not be greater than the sum offered to tlm sheikh’s men.
16. In the event of a watchman or any employe leaving without giving due notice
of one month, it is the rule of the company that 15 days’ pay be forfeited, and without
exception all native employes are engaged on these terms.
17. The said company reserve to themselves the right to punish their employes by
inflicting fines to the extent of half month’s pay as a maximum, and in the event of the
behaviour of the said employes warranting a heavier punishment, they will be handed
over to the representative of the sheikh at the nearest place, and the latter, under the
sheikh’s instructions, will use his utmost endeavours to uphold the authority of the
company over their employes and the respect of their property among the people of the
district, so avoiding unnecessary trouble to both parties of this agreement.
18. This agreement and all the articles therein are accepted by the sheikh, and
admitted to be binding on himself, and heirs, and successors, and on his tribesmen,
whoever they may be.
19. This agreement is considered to be in force from the date on which it is
signed, from which date the company become liable for the above-named rental.
20. Whenever differences arise between the sheikh or his representatives and the
company or their representatives, such cases shall be adjusted in a friendly^ and
unofficial manner between the parties concerned. Should settlement not be achieved
by this means, the matter in question shall be referred to His Britannic Majesty s
consul at Mohammerah, and the latter shall endeavour to settle the matter in dispute