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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎212r] (434/1904)

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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( AflKEX ).
Ifote oyKhan Bahadur Abdul Latlf giving history of the
rejected preliminary draft of th© Oxide Oonoeeeion and ex
plaining the reason of its rejection.
.(Dated SBth March 1911).
«ith reference to the translation which you have shown to
me of what purports to be a rejected preliminary draft, dated
: t '' Qt + he0 , xide Concession executed on the loth
t f niake the observations
i note tnat the document purports to be signed by (1) Hasan
bin Ahned and (S ) All Ahmed lialeh.
fhe Hasan bin Ahmed mentioned was a retainer of Sheikh Salijr
All ABiraed Sal eh la tiie man whose identity you know as Nakhoda
All. i had nothing to do with the writing or drafting of this
document.
I remember that I had been absent on duty at Rush!re during
tii© spring oi the year in csueotion end It was on my return to
Shargah that the project for an Oxide Concession was disouss-
ed. The draft had been drawn up by Abdullah bin Hasan Samaiy-
eh and it was he who showed it to me. At the same time he and
Hakhoda All, who was also there, asked me to let my son Isa
come into the concern as they needed some one on the spot at
Shargah in order to keep in touch with Sheikhs Sagar and Salim.
I agreed, but pointed out that the terms of the proposed Con
cession as at present drafted were quite impossible, and that
neither Sheikh Sagar would confirm it nor would the Govern
ment approve it. What I escecially objected to was (1) the
sentence in which Sheikh Salim is made to say "so long as i,
my children and my brothers live, no on© will be entitled to
raise objection to it" and (8) the Inclusion of Hakhoda All
as a signatory on the document.
With regard to (1), 1 would explain that Salim was an
old man of 70, who might be expected to die at any time, and
I was taking into account the fact that if he died, we should
thenceforth

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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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