'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎19v] (49/1904)

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A nnex (10).
Question (Form 3) -put regarding the jurisdiction ownership
and thermnmr of the exercise of rights
Gulf.
In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate,
. _ , . voU ar ® an Arab merchant of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and familiar with the traditions
^ Pf'^ J f n ^ Iie rights of the Arab Sheikhs in regard to the coast and islands in
tne Unit, what is your opinion on the following points
(1) i he islands of Bu Musa and Sir Bu Nuair, to the jurisdiction of which
Shaikh do t ney belong and in which Sliaikh are the rights of ownershi'n
vested ? ^ ^
(2) i.he right to jetsam and flotsam in the islands by whom is it exercised ?
A nswer.
In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Firstly. I am familiar with the matters about which you ask me. It is well known
amongst the Arabs of the Gulf that the islands of Bu Musa and Sir Bu Nuair are
islands belonging to the territories of the Kawasim of Oman and that their owner
is the ruling Shaikh of the Kawasim who resides at Shargah and who is at present
Sagar bin Khaled bin Sultan.
Secondly, as regards the question of jetsam and flotsam, it is always taken at the
time by the inhabitants of the scene of the wreck and when the Chief comes to know
of it, he is entitled to take a share ; sometimes he takes it and sometimes he foregoes
it, as he may deem fit.
(Signed and sealed) Ali bin Abdullah Behzad in Qais,
(a well-known and reliable merchant of the Qais Island).
Answers in a similar sense also recorded by :—
Haji Isa bin Saleh, resident of the Qais Island,
(a well-known and reliable merchant of the Qais Island).
Haji Muhammad bin Hydar, resident of Qe.is,
(a well-known and reliable merchant of the Qais Island).
Haji Isa bin Hussein Jan am,
(a well-known and reliable merchant of the Qais Island),
Muhammad bin Ahmed, resident of the Qais Island,
(a well-known merchant and notable of Qais).
Ali bin Muhammad Abdul Wahid-el-Marzooqi,
(a notable of Bustaneh).
Abdullah bin Ali-el-Marzooqi, resident of Hasineh,
(a notable of Hasineh).
Hassan bin Abdul Eahim,
(a notable of Hasineh).
Ali bin Abdullah bin Muhammad-el-Marzooqi,
(a notable of Hasineh).
Muhammad bin Hassan el-Meithoomi el-Marzooqi,
(a leading merchant of Bustaneh).