'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎188r] (386/1904)

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God willing, you will forward it to him and inform me of it.
This is what was necessary, and please convey my compliments to Haji Mohammad
Ali arid all those who aie with you, and may you continue to remain preserved and
guarded.
Abdullah-b in-Hassan Samieh toNejef-bin Nakhoda
(Translation.)
(After compliments.) Calcutta, 1322 11, 1904).
It is now a long time that I have received no letters from you. Perhaps the cause
which prevented it is good. 1 am always receiving letters from my father, Hassan, who
gives me the news of jour health. You should, God willing, inform me of your health
and the news of your side by every mail.
0 my brother, I beg to advise you in connection with the dispute which was
between us and Sassoon. We have settled with Sassoon, and it has been arranged that
a compromise should be effected. And we have written papers of compromise for
the settlement of the dispute. And whereas your father was one of the partners and he
has now passed away, and whereas you are in his place and are his executor, it is
necessary that you should give a power of attorney from yourself in my name so that I
may affix in the documents your signature with the signatures of the partners which are
[recorded] in the documents held by me in the case Sassoon, as Sassoon knows that
Haji Ali has passed away, and that I, Abdullah, was his agent at Calcutta. Now, after
Haji Ali's death, it is obvious that you are his executor, and it is necessary that you
should write a power of attorney for me [saying] that I am your agent in Calcutta
in all the affairs which may occur in Calcutta, as I was before in the affairs of your
father.
For this purpose I have now written a power of attorney in English in accordance
with the law which will be accepted by the court; it is a power of attorney from you in
my name. There is also an affidavit testifying that you are Nejef-bin-Haji Ali, his
executor and attorney, and that you are now in his place. This certificate, together with
the power, should be taken by yourself to the British resident or assistant resident at
Bunder Abbas, and you should, in his presence, admit that you are the son of Haji Ali,
and are in your father's place, and that you have made this power in the name of
Abdullah-bin-Hassan, who is to be your agent in Calcutta, as he was before in the
lifetime of Haji Ali. Also the resident or the assistant resident should certify in the
affidavit that you are Haji Ali's son and his representative.
You should also take a writing from the Belgian director of customs that you are
Haji Ali's son and his representative, and obtain another certificate from the postmaster
and expedite sending them to me by registered post soon and without delay, and write
on the cover my address in English as follows :—
A. H. H. Samieh and Co.,
34/1, College Street,
Calcutta.
You should not delay the power and the documents, but send them to me at an
early date. I have also advised my father, Hassan, who will also let you know and
urge upon you. I know that at the moment of their arrival you will expedite sending
them on. I have written you by this post, and I now intend going to the solicitors, so
that I may write the power and the affidavit and send them to you by registered post.
I need not urge you further that you should expedite doing what I have advised you.
This is what was necessary. The letter was written most hastily.
Your humblest friend,
ABDULLAH-BIN-HASSAJN •S AMIEH.
P.S. (in red ink).—I was unable to send the power by this mail as it was not
prepared. God willing, I shall send it to you by the next mail. Let this be known to
you, I shall send it by registered post bv the next mail.
A. B. H. S.