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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎198r] (406/1904)

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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ABJIRX ( / ).
Cvxtraot from a letter from w, Guthri®, Esquire, OoRsand*
Ing -.-ay i-repe" to Oaptaln ^•l r » PrideauXy Offg# Polity?
isal Kealdent In tJi© Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Ouohlr«.
(,?40. ISf dated 4th September 1076),
Leaving Lirroo noon of the 24th w© ancnor cl at Bu Muaa by 0
oara® evening ,
Hie Chief of lihargah hsa fourwl good fresh tfater, 3 wells
eloo© to u uoa peak (200 yards east of weak). Wells are 24
feet deep* Several other wells after digging 14 feet had to
be abandoned, although they were distant a sile fpoa aea» They
-sad dug through 6 feet fine isud, then a etsall oongloaserate
ehingle and shell beach followed by raore compact lime-atone.
Gait water case ut >. Ht range that there are eoiae of these
failurea within 4on yards of sweet water. The island is
covered with a luxuriant graoe in so ^ne nlaceo a foot high,
it io chiefly level land, a few hillocko near the isargin of
f
the sea, chief has aent over 40 warea, and some foal
horao, eleven came 1b to give milk for the latter. Horses
get two poundo of barley and two pounds of dates daily| are
turned adrift at 7 a.:-', to go where they like, they com®
hose in the evening and are tied up. There are'eleven men
with them, they have camel a* silk, two lbs, of dates daily,
one day in seven a feed of rice. for days of the reek
they know only when the nun gets up and goes do^n -what need
to know raore - and are perfectly hanpy. In the ©aason they
catch a turtle or tivo, and have a glorious feast. The
bf oh on tlK» sen- Ride of the Island was strewn with countle z
nunberr. of eea gulls* eggs, hatched by the sun by day, birds
sitting on the® at night.

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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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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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