'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎8v] (27/1904)

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{in) Question put to various Arab Shaikhs of the coast on the subject of
the ownership of Abu Musa and Sir Bu Nuaic and the position as
regards the right to wreckage (Annexes 8, 9 and 10).
{iv) Replies of the following Shaikhs and notables :—
*(«) Mahmood bin Tahnoon, Agent of the Sultan of Muscat at Lingah.
*{b) Abdullah bin Majid, Shaikh of Bostana, of the Sunni Arab tribe
of Marzuq who claims to be a branch of the tribe inhabiting
I I Ajman on the Trucjfia! Coast.
(c) Haji Ali Muhammad bin Abdul Wahid, a notable of the same place
and tribe.
(d) Haji Muhammad bin Hasan-el-Maithoom of same place.
*(e) Shaikh Khalfan bin Misbah, Shaikh of Dawwan, belonging to the Sunni
Arab tribe of A1 Ali, a branch of the tribe inhabiting Um-el-
Kowain on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
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*(/) Shaikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Rashid, Shaikh of Moghu, of the tribe
of Marzuq [see (b)].
{g) Haji Abdullah bin Ali, a notable of Hasineh and belonging to the
tribe of Marzuq [see (6)].
*(/0 Shaikh Hasan bin Abdul Rahim, Chief of Hasineh and belonging to
the tribe of Marzuq [see
{i) Ali Abdullah bin M ihammad, notable of Hasineh and belonging to
the tribe of Marzuq [see (6)].
*{j) Shaikh Saleh bin Muhammad-el-Ali, Chief of Charak.
*{k)Shaikh Ahmed bin Abdulla, Chief of Muqam, of the Arab tribe of
Hammadi.
*{l)Shaikh Ibrahim bin Abdullah, Chief of Kalat of the Hammadi tribe.
*(m) Shaikh Abdullah bin Muhammad, Shaikh of Cheroo, of the Sunni
Arab tribe of Obaidli connected with Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
(n) Shaikh Ahmed bin Muhammad, Shaikh of Qais of the Sunni Arab
tribe of A1 Ali [vide (e)].
(o) Haji Ali bin Abdullah Behzad, a well-known merchant of Qais.
(f)Haji Isa bin Saleh, a well-known merchant of Qais.
(q) Haji Muhammad bin Hyder, a well-known merchant of Qais.
(r) Haji Haji Isa bin Husein Janani, a well-known merchant of Qais.
(30) On the other hand the first agreemen
my children and my brothers live, no one sha it."
Regarding this rejected draft see Shaikh Sagar's observations (Annex 2) and
Abdul Latif's note (Annex 11). It will be remarked that the draft was written
by Abdullah bin Hasan Samaiyeh. It was all very well for Abdullah cunningly
to put such words into Shaikh Salim's mouth, but Salim knew well enough that
he was not in a position to make such a pronouncement and the draft was rejected
specifically on that account. Directly Abdul Latif saw it, he said that it would
not do and wrote out an amended draft omitting the objectionable words. Until
.1 showed it to him a few weeks ago. Shaikh Sagar had never seen or heard of it.
The cautious Abdul Latif also realized that the admission of Nakhoda Ali
into the original agreement with the Shaikh, which would have to be reported 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. , was inexpedient as he had a bad reputation and was disapproved
of by 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. , and his inclusion would probably be objected to. " i
His name was, therefore, omitted from the original agreement, and it was
decided to bring him in on a subsidiary agreement between the partners se.
(It is very evident from all that has transpired how very much these two ignorant
Arab Shaikhs were in the hands of the more sophisticated people witlf whom
they were dfel^ng and how very necessary it is for us to look after their interests
in such matters).
♦These are the mote important.