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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎169r] (348/1904)

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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"Sagar's title, as Sheikh of Shargah, to the
property in the island, and having considered
the further evidence and arguments adduced in
favour of the claim made on behalf of Sheikh
Salim ( though not endorsed by him), His Majesty's
Government are compelled to adhere to their
conclusion that Sheikh Sagar is the owner of
Abu Musa.
pp. 27, 28, (h.)Salim not being the owner of Abu Musa,
and the revenue of the island not having been
transferred to him at the time of the grant
of the concession, he had no right, either
accordifig to commercial or Mahommedan or any
other system of law, to grant a lease of the oxide
mines, except in his capacity as Regent, The
lease having been acquiesced in by Sheikn
Sagar when he returned and took up the
reins of government, he succeeded to the position
occupied by Salim with regard to the agreement,
except that he allowed Salim to receive the rent
as part of the revenue of Abu Musa. The
question of the validity of the lease will be more
conveniently discussed under the next head.
n.
p. 28. The owner <of the i mat/
no authority,
agreement (which com-
mercial law), or
revoke or terminat
company or to
other way from
p. 12. His Majesty's Government are unable to accept
the contention of the German Government that
Sheikh Sagar had no right to terminate the
agreement. Quite apart from the terms of the
concession, he had, as ruling sheikh, absolute power
to cancel it at any time he thought fit If this were
not so, the words used by Salim, in his capacity
of Regent, in the agreement of the 10th April,
1898. " Should I at any former date have made
any contracts they are not valid, only this contract,
which is written in two identical copies, holds
good" (First German Memorandum, Annex 2)
would be meaningless, and any previous contracts
would be valid as against the present concession-
naires- His jurisdiction within his own dominions
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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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