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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎168r] (346/1904)

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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entitled to see , that acts of waste were not com
mitted thereon.
With reference to the letter dated the 12th
November, 1898, from Abdul Latif to Hassan
Samieh (Annex 15 to Second German Memo
randum), in which reference is made to a dispute
between the two sheikhs about the island of Sir,
the position (which, indeed, is obvious) is explained
by Abdul Latif (Appendix 10). Under the
1884 agreement between Sagar and Salim (see
Appendix 6, First British Memorandum) the
revenue of Sir was assigned to Salim. The
island, however, failed to produce any revenue,
and in the 1889 agreement (see Appendix 6,
fcirst British Memorandum), no mention was
made of it, the revenue of Abu Musa being
subsequently transferred to Salim in its place.
When the possibility arose in 1898 of Sir pro
ducing some revenue, Salim put in a claim to it
under the agreement of 1884, to which Sagar not
unnaturally replied that the 1884 agreement had
been superseded by that of 1889, in which Sir
was not mentioned. Thus arose the dispute
referred to. Abdul Latil was naturally unwilling
to conclude the Sir agreement until the dispute
had been adjusted; he would have no hesitation
about Abu Musa, not because he knew that Salim
owned it, but because he was well aware that
Sheikh Sagar was allowing him to enjoy its
revenue.
linally, the German Government state that the
opinion prevailing among the most respectable
natives is that Abu Musa is the private property
of k. neikh Salim. In support of this assertion
there are quoted the opinions of three merchants
of Lingab, two of whom are also stated to have
asserted verbally that everyone who has any
knowledge of affairs on the Arabian coast is of the
same opinion.
His Majesty's Government regret that they are
unable to attach the slightest weight to the
opinions of the persons in question.
Abdalmuhsin-ibn-Ahmed Almushari is a petty
trader of Bahrein origin He earns a precarious
livelihood by speculating in pearls with borrowed
money.
Abdarrahman ibn-Muhanuned-ibn-Kaizim a

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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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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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