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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [164r] (338/1904)
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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clearly that the island is his property as Sheikh
of Shargah. His Majesty's Government cannot
accept the contention of the German Govern
ment that all Sagar claimed was that Abu Musa
was " politically a dependency of Shargah."
There would be no object in Sagar's making such
a statement to the Resident, who was well
acquainted with the fact, and such an inter
pretation would render the letters meaning
less, as there was never a suggestion of Salim's
setting up an independent state in Abu Musa.
The meaning of the letters is clearly that if Salim
is to be allowed to live on the island, instead of
being forcibly ejected, his occupation must be
distinctly understood to be without prejudice to
Sagar's rights as owner, and the peace must
be kept.
His Majesty's Government would remark, with
reference to the use of the words " 1," <£ we."
" my," " our," in the above letters, that in the
original Arabic the plural forms are used
throughout.
His Majesty's Government are also unable to
accept the contention of the German Government
that when Sagar uses the words " our" or " my
island" the meaning is "the island belongs
politically to the territory of Shargah," while the
same words in the mouth of Salim mean " the
island is my private property." The cases in
which Salim uses the words " my" or " our
island" are considered below, but it may be
remarked that in the opinion of His Majesty's
Government no evidence of ownership can be
derived from the u&e of such words by an occupier -;
every man who pays rent for the house he lives
in speaks of it as " my house," but that does not
mean that he is the owner.
With regard to Sheikh Sagar's letter of the
11th October, 1902 (First British Memorandum,
Appendix 7), the German Government remark :
" In order to understand the letter, it would be
interesting to know the purport of Kemball's
enquiry, to which Sakar's letter was an answer,
and which is not printed in the memorandum."
The letter from Colonel Kemball referred to was
in the following terms :—
" A report has reached me that you wish to
grant a concession to Haji Nakhoda All Ahmed
■Saleh for excavating and exporting red oxide
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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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