'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [32r] (74/1904)
The record is made up of Four volumes. It was created in 1871-1911. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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57
Annex 30.
Transition o/ , letter from AbduUah bin
All Ahmed
{Dated Calcutta, 1st Shuaban 1322—llth
After compliments and enquiries after your health.
thi8 da ' v f"" 611 y 0 " a letter by post and enlightened you therein of
what was necessary to be stated. God willing, it will find you in good health
^ka'/e informed you especially that a settlement has been made between us
r J '- " ^■ as --' oon D y compromise and reconciliation. And let it not be hidden
from you tnat owing to the fact that Haji AH has passed away, there is need S- a
power from you, so that I may sign for you in the papers appJtaining to the coL^
l" J? be g ir ^ m g there was in our hand a power from your father
Ha 3 i Ah (stating) tnatl was his agent in Calcutta, and after your father's death I
informal (them) that you were in your father's place; and the court demanded that
tw ZlT r V0 7% i0r me ' setting forth that you are the attorney and execu-
tor ot the will of your father, and also that I am Agent in Calcutta on your behalf
in the bassoon case ana for the oxide, etcetera, and the power should be (written)
in mgiish m accordance with the law, because Haji Ali has passed away and it is
necessary tnat the Court should understand that Haji Ali has no son besides you.
-ilierefore in order to settle the affairs I have written in your name a special power
m the case of oxide and our dispute with Sassoon (saying)'that what we now arcange
with bassoon tor settlement by compromise is agreed upon by you. I intended
sending the power by registered post by this mail, but it was not ready. This is
Mr your information, and, God willing, it will reach you by registered post next
You should act upon the instructions which I will now explain to you.
When you receive the power, you should take it to the Resident or British
Vice-Consul and Assistant Resident at Bunder Abbas. He will read it over to you
and you should admit before him that this power is from you to me and that I am
your agent in Calcutta in the same way as in the days of your father and affix
your signture—Najaf bin AK Ahmed Saleh—in the place which is marked in pen-
c jl* ^ Jhen the Resident or Vice-Consul will record his testimony and seal it with
the Government seal. You should forward it soon and avoid procrastinaton and
delay and you should send it to me by registered post to Calcutta soon and with
out delay. On the same day when it reaches you, you should take it to the Resi
dent or the Assistant who is now present at Bunder Abbas. I have written you
this letter oy this mail so that you may know that you will receive the power bv
registered post. I am sending you this letter in my father's letter and have for
warded another lettec to you by post. Surely I will write you by the next mail
also with the power.
Your letters to me should continue without interruption as before when Haji
Ali continuously kept me informed of the situation and of the reports. This is
what (was necessary to be said at present, God willing. I will settle matters after
the receipt of the power and proceed to your side in Shavval,
This is what had to be stated and may you remain preserved and generous.
Your friend,
(Sd,) ABDULLAH bin HASAN SAMAIYEH.
C205F13
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Correspondence includes the originals and annexes of the Abu Musa report of May 1911; 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. material for first British reply; printed copy of 2nd British reply; Hassan Samiyah's complaint. It also includes the printed arguments of the Foreign Office case. Correspondence discusses arguments based on various translations of Persian and Arabic words.
Correspondents include Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Hassan Samaiyah; Robert Wonckhaus; Mr Tigranes Joseph Malcolm; Bahadur Abdul Latif [Abd’al Latif] , 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. Agent, Sharjah.
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- Four volumes
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The file is arranged in four volumes.
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Foliation: This file has been split into four parts. The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, runs across all four parts and consists of a pencil number, enclosed in a circle in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. In each volume the foliation commences on the first folio of writing and concludes on the last. Volume 1 contains folios 1-251, Volume 2 contains folios 252-479. Volume 3 contains folios 480-727. Volume 4 contains folios 728-910.
Foliation anomalies: 478, 478A, 512, 512A, 512B, 512C, 584, 584A, 606, 606A, 640, 640A, 821, 821A, 821B, 821C, 821D, 860, 860A, 865, 865A. Foliation omission: 646.
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- 'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case'
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- Samaiyeh, Abdullah bin Hassan
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