"ملخص لعلاقات الحكومة البريطانية مع قبائل وشيوخ عربستان. بقلم الملازم أ. ت. ويلسون، القائم بأعمال القنصل في عربستان" [ظ‎‎٦‎٤] (١٤٣/١٣٣)

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Article 1 .—The Persian Government grants the concessionaire for a
period of sixty years commencing from the date of the signature of the present
concession, the right—
(a) of building one road between Ahwaz and Tehran, and another be
tween Burujird and Ispahan :
(ft) of building at his own expense, wherever he may consider it suit
able, caravanserais, bridges, workpeoples’ houses, stables, black
smith’s and carpenters’ shops, which may be necessary for the
construction of the road :
(c) of establishing a regular transport service for goods and travellers :
(d) of constructing watercourses along the road wherever he may con
sider it necessary and no water is to be found, and of cultivating
all arable lands belonging to the State within a radius of 4,000
yards from the centre of each station :
(e) of selling and exporting the produce of these lands :
(/) of letting out the ground, brought under cultivation by the conces
sionaire, to Persian subjects only :
(^) of levying a toll only on the bridges built by the concessionaire, the
road itself being free from toll: he must come to an arrangement
with the Government beforehand about this toll.
Article 2 .—The Government grants the ground on which the buildings
abovementioned shall be raised free of charge, in so far as it belongs to the
Government: if it belongs to individuals, the concessionaire must either buy
or hire the ground from the owners thereof.
Article 5.—The road, buildings, material, and all works carried on, with
all their buildings, shall be under the high protection of Government, and with
a view to attract the carriage of goods and travellers, and to increase commerce
the concessionaire, in all that concerns the road and the carrying out of his
various works, as well as regards the transport service, will have the right of
being protected by Government, and the Governors of the districts and pro
vinces through which the road passes will receive formal orders facilitate the
execution of the concessionaire’s arrangements and to protect the road and all
the property of the concessionaires by force of arms if necessary.
Article 4-—The concessionaire shall have the right of calling in foreign
capital, and ot procuring the assistance of foreign employes and engineers for
the works of the road. & r j &
Article 5. Ihe concessionaire shall have the right, specially recognized
by His Imperial Majesty the Shah, of pledging the building works of the road,
as well as the road, kanats, watercourses, etc., and the material and stock of
the transport service to the capitalists who shall have lent money for the
building of the said road, the material, houses, etc., as a guarantee for the
security of their funds.
The present concession shall not be withdrawn for sixty years and until
the capitalists have been fully reimbursed for the sums they have advanced,
and the works of the road are completed.
The road must be completed in years.*
Article 6.—The works shall begin six months after the issue of the far-
man, otherwise the said concession shall be null and void.
Article 7. One year after the transport service has been started, the con
cessionaire shall pay at the end of each year a sum equal to 20 per cent, of the
net working profits to the Government, and the Government shall not levy any
land or other tax on the cultivated ground or on the produce of this ground
or on the buildings raised for the works, or on any of the moveable or immove
able property of the concessionaire, and shall further admit, free of duty all
machines and material necessary for the working of the road, but the Customs
House omcer may examine this material in order to ascertain if it is in fact
destined for the working of the road.
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Subsequently extended to 27th May 1913.