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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎290r] (606/1904)

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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BUIKF GOmniT
m SUMMASt OF THE FRESH ARGDMEHTS AHD EVIDE80B HOW
SUBMITTED.
It seotao unneoessary to do more than take up the thread
from the point where It was left by Note cubmittsd to H*fc 8 s
Foreign Office on 10th February 1910, to which I beg reference.
Hi® "iaouee* referred to below arc those fraraed in that
note.
I b stir (a)
( -j) She right to jotoaa and flotsan.
It is shown by dociimentary and testamentary evidence
that in the Gulf the right is levied by the local inhabit-
ante and their overlord# if he can,and sees fit to do
so, takes his share. It is shown also that no one but the
Ruling Sheikh has been recognised in this connection, but
that he (sagar) in virtue of the arrangement by which he
allowed Salim the income of Abu Musa, has left the levy
to hia.
(2) the rejected version of the Oxide Conossslon dated 6th
April 1P.98 is shown to have been drafted by Abduulah bin
Hasan Saraalyeh hiaself, and to have been rejected by Abdul
Latlf specifically on account of the unwarrantable claim
therein put Into SalIra's mouth, of formal ownership. The
final version of the Concession was then drafted by Abdul
Latlf hlraself.
{3). Vihat the German Mote calls "revenue from mother-of-
near l«» a. n d canary seed" Is shown to bo a mistranslation.
It ohould bo "ground rent from storage of 'muhar* and
i zixmi * oyster-shells" . The ♦muhar' and * Jilnnl are two
Bnooios of pearl -bearing shells. The word for canary seed
•kasnl* I 8 eoraewhat like zlnni »
Sheikh Sagar specifically allowed this to go to Sallm as
part of the Income of the Is-and. ^

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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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