'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎22r] (54/1904)

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(v) Abdullah-bin-Hasan-KalladarL
A fainy w^ll-to-dp merchant of Lingah. Is a Persiau by birth and son-in-
. cunTanman-ibii-Muhammad-ibn-Kazim. Although he claims British
protection against Persian oppression on the strength of a Bombay passport, never-
the less always in tow of persons hostile to British interests. He was a promi
nent member 01 troublesome Nationalist Anjuman three years ago ? the chief
propaganda oi which was pronouncd hostile to British interests; and on another
occasion he joined in an intrigue to get one Safar Ali reinstated as Deputy Governor
of Lingah who had been removed at the instance of 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. for neglecb
of British claims and interests. He is a close friend of Hasan Samaiyeh and has
recently been appointed by the German firm agent of their steamers at Bunder
Abbas. He is the third person referred to at the conclusion of the extract given
under No. (Hi) Abdulla bin Muhammad Khadja.
(vi) Kasim A! Khadairi and others (Annex 24).
Kasim AI Khadairi himself is a well-known merchant of Busrah, but I do not
know who his associates are. I would point out, however, that they are Busrah
Arabs and profess fco make a pronouncement on an instrument which, according to
them, <£ was concluded in the land of Persia/ 3
In the first place, the agreement was not concluded in Persia and so their
opinion is formed on a wrong premise. In the second place, as Turkish subjects
of Busrah, their views on such a matter as this can carry little weight.
As regards the individual clergy who recorded opinions for the German firm,
I have little to say, except that collectively they do not carry anything like the
weight which the views of those we now produce are entitled to be accorded.
Bated 23rd May 1911. P, Z. COX.
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