File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.'

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Title:
File 1421/1908 Pt 3 'Persia: oil; negotiations between the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.'
Date:
1909/1919
Description:
Abstract: Part 3 consists of correspondence relating to an agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Shaikh Khazal-Bin-Jaber [Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī] of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India (Foreign Department), Foreign Office, and India Office. Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;British Minister to Persia, Tehran;representatives of Anglo-Persian Oil Company;Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf;Shaikh Khazal of Mohammerah;Messrs Lloyd, Scott, and Co., agents of Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Mohammerah;Persian government officials;Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia.Several matters are covered by the papers, including:the negotiations over a loan to Shaikh Khazal by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for the use of land on Abadan Island for an oil refinery;the question of what is to be done with company buildings on the island when the concession period ends;the nature of Shaikh Khazal's rights to the land in question;the Persian Government's exceptions to some of the terms of the agreement;the question of guards for the refinery and who will pay for them.Physical description: 1 item (168 folios)
Language:
English
Type:
Archival item
Type (Narrower):
Other Texts
Type (Broader):
Text
Subject:
Petroleum industry
Geographic region:
Abadan
Mohammerah
Rights:
رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
Identifier:
81055/vdc_100029537361.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100029537361.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/10/144/1
IOR/L/PS/10/144/1
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