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A ppendix 11.
Question (A).
As put to the Members of
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
TO t forW e ! ted and honoured merchant8 - M ay God the Highest prolong their good
following Ar mr Ti. a ^ eas f ^ as ^ eei1 given, according to the
r priori ifiQl " 'i cer.. ( ari pai ,y to anotoer, and in which no specification of the
penod has been made, and also no legal formula has been pronounced ? Can such a
commerceT ^ * g '^ a «^ding to the rules of Islamic
It is requestea that you will record the true position in accordance with the
"rXaSd, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Plea8e ^
*"** " that giTen ^ Anne3129 to
In the Name of God the Most Merciful.
Let all know who may see this : I, Zamil-ibn-Ibrahim-ibn-Isa Addossi. have leased
AlX^K 1 18 Tu d A^hme to the following persons: Alhadj Abdalhamid-
ibn-Abdal-Kariffi and Mustafa Kerim and Assayid Habib-ibn-lbrahim, from this date
tor so long as_they are interested in the aforesaid mine. They are to pav T. 150 for
every year. I have likewise agreed with them that, if they wish to ship dried and fresh
aa.es for trading purposes at the place mentioned, they are to pay us £ T. 100 each year
as lent. _ We authorise them to dig wells for drinking water for their employes
working m the aforesaid mmmg district. Friendly assistance is to be given by us' to
their employes working m the mining district. It is possible that I may have concluded
k W , thls T P r ® se f one y any such are to be invalid, and this agreement
alone is to oold good. It has oeen drawn up m duplicate. Let this be known'.'
Done the 18 Dulkade, 1320 (16th February, 1903).
Witnesses : (Signed by Zamil-ibn-Ibrahim.)
Salih-ibn-Hamdan.
A bdalkebim-ibn- A bdullah.
Opinions recorded hy Members of Mercantile to Question" (A).
1. The essential basis of every transaction of the nature of a mortgagB or lease
according^to the • rule of the enlightened Shera, is the pronunciation of the formula and
the specification of the period.
(Signed and sealed) HAJI ABDUL EASUL BUSHIRI,
R ai s-i-Tujjar s
(Note. -Eecognised by Persian Government as head of the Persian mercantile
community of Bushire.)
, ^ i he commerce of Islam proceeds in accordance with the rule of the Holy Shera
law. It is obvious that a lease without specification of period and without +he
pronunciation of the formula is null and void.
(Signed and sealed; HA JI MUH A MM AD EEZ A BIN
GIIDL AM A Li,
{Note. One of the firm acting as agents of the Bombay and Persia Steam
Navigation^ Company, and PI D. Sassoon and Co., and a member of the Persian
Chamber of Commerce at Bushire. One of the four chief merchants of Bushire.)