'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎184r] (378/1904)

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Endorsement. —Toe answer of our lord Sheikh Abdul Rahman, Sultan-ul-Ulema, is
correct and is according to the Mahommedan law.
Written by the humblest of God's creatures, Muhammad Mehdi-bin-Andullah.
{Note, —Identical with the priest figuring in Annex 26 to Second German
Memorandum.)
9. Praise be to God.
The aforesaid lease, being void of the pronunciation of the legal formula and being
without the specification of a fixed period, is null and void and cannot be acted
upon.
(Signed and sealed) JASEM-BIN-AHMED.
(Note. —Sunni Arab Kazi of Bustaneh on the Persian coast.)
10. In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
And God is the Guide. The aforesaid lease, being void of the pronunciation of th©
legal formula and being without the specification of a fixed period, is null and void, and
God knows more.
Written by the humblest Mohammad-bin-Abdul-Rahman, servant of the august
law, at Dowwan.
{Note. —Sunni Arab Priest of the Port of Dowwan.)
11. O God, lead to what is right;
The lease mentioned in the question is null and void and does not hold good for
the reason that the legal formula has not been pronounced and the period of the lease
has not been specified ; also the owner of the property has the option to immediately
prevent lessee from holding the property in his possession. And God knows more.
Written by the humble servant of the august law, Abdul-Rahman-bin-Muhammad,
at Moghu.
{Note. —Sunni Arab Kazi of Moghu on the Persian coast.)
12. Answer. —And O God, guide to the right.
The aforesaid lease, being void of the pronunciation of the legal formula and bein^
without the specification of a fixed period, is null and void and cannot be acted
upon.
Written bv Muhaminad -bin-Sahnan, servant of the law, at Hasineh.
{Note. —Sunni Arab Kazi of Hasineh on the Persian coast.)
13. O God, guide to the right in the answer !
Praise be to God alone, and peace and blessing be on him after whom there is
no prophet.
And afterwards, the aforesaid lease is null and void and cannot be act ad upon
owing to the absence of the legal formula and the non-specification of the period and
owing to the ignoring of the period.
Written by the humblest of the members of the clergy, and God Knows the
(Signed and sealed) ABDD LLAH-BIN-MU HAMMAD SAE&D-
EL-ANSABI, Resident of Kelat.
(Note.—Sunni Arab Kazi of Kalet on the Persian coast.)
14. The Answer. —The lease has conditions ; if a single condition thereof is violated
the lease is spoiled. How is it now that (several) conditions are omitted r The first is
that a lease requires bond such as proposal and acceptance; and tiie second ot the
conditions thereof is that it should be for a known period. So this, which is written in
the question, should be nullified for several reasons, and it cannot be valid m this
condition which 1, stated God kno™ mo^
(Servant of the august law, at K.eis, by his own hand).