'File 35/85 IV A 11 Muscat Dhows Arbitration' [‎90r] (175/492)

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caso waws trlod In this Consular Court, I had tho rocords
soarchod with tho following ros-alt: —
On tho 23rd ATigust 1897 a civil suit was instituted
by ono Saood bin Abd-allah. of tho Jonoboh tribo through
tho local Govornmont for damages caused to his Baghlatb^
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"Tbaous' 7 by collision with th© Bombay-Porsia Stoam Nav-
-igation Company's stoamor tho t7 Mobilo ,7 » The plaintiff ?
Saeod bin Abdullah was found in be in fault for not show-
-ing lights and the case accordingly was decided against
Surgeon-
hinu This case was reported by Lieut-Col Jayaker to the
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in his letter No 240 dated the 2nd Sept 1897#
The history of No Abdullah bin Saeod(sad)
Sabir (or his relative, for the fivst two names seem to
be interchangeable) is given in a separate memorandum,as
far as possible chronologically^ from this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. T s records^
5* Under the circumstances it would appear that this
man certainly at one period held French papers but how far
legally and to what extent his right to continue hdlding
them after 1897 still exists, when the French Vice-Conail
apparently saw no reason to regard him as a'protege', re-
-mains for decision*
I may add here that I have received information
that two of the proprietors named in M. Laronce's list of
the 4th March 1906, viz:—■
No 2• Abdullah bin Khamis bin Ali,
No 5* Abdullah bin Khamis bin Musallam,
now desire to return their French papers and flags, and
that with that view they handed them over, during M* Lar-
-once f s absence at Sib, to the French Coal Afeent at this
port* This information has subsequently been confirmed
to me in a conversation which I had with His Highness the
Sultan a few days ago, when he showed me a letter from
these two owners addressed to himself informing him that
they bad returned their French papers and flags,. Needless
to say