'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎144r] (298/1904)

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Annex (18). \ ; ; ;
Opinions recorded by members of mercantileeommmhym
(i) The essential basis of every transaction of the nature of a mortgage or
lease according to the rule of the enlightened Shera is the pronunciation o! the
iormula and the specification of the period.
(Signed and sealed) Haji Abdul Rasul Bushiri,
Ruis-i -Tujjar.
[XoTij. Recognized by Persian Government as head of the Persian mercantile community
of Bushire.] '
( m ) ihe commerce of Islam proceeds in accordance with the rule of the
holy Shera Law. It is obvious that a lease without specificatoion of period and
without the pronunciation of the formula is null and void.
(Signed and sealed) Haji Muhammao Reza bin Ghulam Alt,
Behbehani.
^ [IS ote . One of the firms acting as Agents of the Bombay and Persia Steam Navigation
Company, and E. D. Sassoon and Company, and a member of the Persian Chamber of Com
merce at Bushire. One of the four chief merchants of Bushire.]
(ni) The commercial principle of Islam is in accordance with the rule of the
enlightened Shera (Law). It is obvious that a lease without the specification of
period and without the pronunciation of the formula is null and void.
(Signed ar.d sealed) Haji Mohammad Eager,
[N ote .—Head of the firm acting as Agents of the Bombay add Persia Steam Navigation
Company, and Messrs. E. D. Sassoon and Company, and a member of the Persian Chamber
of Commerce at Bushire. One of the four chief merclaants of Bushire.)
{iv) The commercial principle ot Islam is in accordance with the rule of the
enlightened Shera (Law). It is obvious that a lease without the specification, ot
the period and without the pronunciation of the formula is null and void..
(Signed and sealed) Sky^id Japfar elMoosevi* Behbehani*
[N ote .—A well-known and respected merchant whose opinion carries much weight in
local public affairs.].
(v) The principle for every transaction, such as sale, purchase of lease, according;
to the rule of the enlightened Shera (Law), depends on the formula.
(Signed and sealed) An Akbar bin Abool Qasem,
[N ote .—A well-known merchant of good repute in Bushire].
(vi) Whereas the commercial principle of Islam is based upon the sacred
Shera Law, therefore the said lease which lacks the pronunciation of the legal
formula and the specification of the period is null and void and is invalid.
(Signed and sealed) Ibrahim bin Muhammad. Abdul, Wahid.
[N ote .—A leading Sunni pearl dealer of Ling,ah.] p
(vii) Yes; all the commercial affairs of Islam are according to^ the enlightened
Shera. The said lease is null and void owing to the absence of the specification of
the period and of the pronunciation of the legal formula and is not valid.
(Signed) Ahmed bin Yusuf Muhammad Hasan Khadja (L. S.)
[N ote .—A member of the same Sunni family as Abdullah Muhammad Hassan A1 Khadja.
vide Annex 21 of German Rejoinder.}
{viii) Whereas the commercial principles of Islam are based upon the sacred
Shera Law, therefore the said lease, which lacks the pronunciation of the legal
formula and the specification of the period is nuil and void and is invalid.
(Signed) Seyyid Ibrahim bin Seyyid Ismail el Moosevi (L. S.)
[N ote .—A principal Shia merchant of Lingah.]
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