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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [171r] (352/1904)
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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21
a proper and natural desire to administer justice
as between the partners of the company . . , "
The contention of His Majesty's Government is,
and always has been, that the sovereign rights of
jurisdiction of the Sheikh of Shargah gave him
the right to cancel the concession. The word
jurisdiction was not meant to imply judicial
jurisdiction, but the right of government. The
15. questions therefore whether the sheikh had
authority to decide as judge the dispute between
the partners of the mining company," " whether
the decision arrived at was justified by law," and
" whether he had power to cancel the lease at his
discretion in the interest of the administration of
country " are strictly irrelevant.
In view of the careful consideration, however,
given in the Second German Memorandum to
these points, they will be dealt with in their
proper place.
III.
P- 28. (a.) HassanSamaih
the mining comp
like that with Mr.
name of the co
other partners.
became binding
(b.) in the case under con
their approval
This point will be conveniently considered under
two heads, (a) and (6).
,p. 21. (a.) The German Government argue that the
wide dispersal of the partners rendered it necessary
that one of the partners should have authority to
act for the others. His Majesty's Government
agree that it is not unlikely that such an arrange
ment would be made as regards the ordinary
incidents of business, although there is nothing to
show that such an arrangement was made, or, if it
was, that Hassan Samieh was the partner selected
to act on behalf of the others; but the question
now at issue is whether Hassan Samieh had
authority, without consulting his partners, to
conclude an agreement such as the present, which
disposed of practically the whole output of the
mines, at a fixed price, for four years, with an
option of renewal, and limited the annual output
of the mines to a maximum of 5,000 tons and the
further small amount which was allowed to go to
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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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