Qajar contracts
What do you know about Khoshtaria concession?
Date: 1917
Parties to the concession: Akaki Khoshtaria, a Russian citizen with the Iranian government at the Period of Ahmad Shah Qajar
Subject of the concession: Exploitation of all mines and trees, including oil in the five northern states of Iran for 70 years. Under the terms of the agreement, only 12 percent of the profits from the concession will go to the Iranian government.
Khoshtaria had succeeded in obtaining this concession with the help of the Russian embassy in Tehran and with the mediation of Prime Minister Vosough al-Dawla.
