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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎199r] (408/1904)

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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"ranolatlon of n letter from Shelltli Ba^ar bin Kftaled bin
Sultan, Sharcah, to flolonelOox, Political Reatdont In the
Perelim
(Dat©d S5rd Habi I, 1329 a 28th March mi.
. A a tor oo-.T-i l.--enta and ©nquirieo a:ft©r your health, 1 beg
to fuidrenn you in regard to your inquiry regarding the un
dermentioned three ^ointo connected with the Abu lluea cane.
(1) You Bay that it is claiaed that on the 12th Shaaban
1?10 after ray return from the Imj;), sheikh Sails granted to
three person® an agreement for the extraction of Mica from
j\«.:,..uca island without any pensiosion from me, and you en
quire A booklet formed of a single gathering of nested bifolia. a ror-< ra© that if 1 va© aware of the sarae, how was it
that I did not oention this agreement to you on the 19th
oharram when I presented to you a statement of my
ro2 «tionSwith Uheildi Salira in regard to the Bu Musa island,
(£) You alno mention to me the question of .lotsara and floi
sam m the im -mar; Island and state that it is claimed that
Sheikh Sal in was receiving the inoocse on this account, and
(3) You have aloe ahown me the translation of a naner
claiued to be * : "
which is/dated the 4th gil»hac!©h 1S1B and to be the first
draft of the Oxide Contract which was altered to another
fom on tho lath Eillchadoh 1316.
'fhie is lay reply with regard to three points
firstly -=- in regard to the Mica Agreement I was fully
ctwar© oi it and Sheikh Sella consulted me (about it) and
it would not have been posolbl© that tho bald agreement
could be ioeuod without coming to my knowledge as auling
Chief. But ac I informed you two years ago, I had left to
Sheikh Salisi all the income which he could obtain fr-m the
aforesaid ialand, and coneequently I did not trouble (myself»
to object to this (agreement). At the same time wfcan

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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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