'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎308r] (642/1904)

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oonnactlon with the first oaeo quoted, and Gorman X ^moic.'iwStasi
l*io.(j # that Saiim was at that time aoting as Regent ao that
he might have been xkXwatn writing as Ruling oheiich. Me
adialttodly shared tho prooeeda or ifreoKago with the inhabi
tants of th© ialand for the time being - raigrants from the
Shargah suburb of ixh&n for the znoet part and thus fnll sub-
J act a of the Ruling GheiJth of ahargah - but h'3 exercised this
riidxt in virtue of the dispensation from sagar which permitted
him to enjoy the produce of the island - vide ijhelich Sagar * s
statement in Annex (J^ )• A© far as the 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. is con
cerned we have always, as a matter of course, recognised the
position of the ruling Chelkii in the matter.
I'hus, on 17th May 1894, the 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, Shargah,
reported the wreck of a Bahrein boat on - -bu usa and its de
tention by the inliabitante thereof pending payment of half
the value (imnox >*0 ) • It will be seen that it was the bxieikh
of -sharp-ah 11 that the Uhief of Bahrein proceeded to entreat, ^
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and" the Sheikh of chargah* nhorn the 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. recognised.? F
Again the ir the case of the stranding the fi.I.S.M,
Go's StS.^.uullmha" on the Island ( Annex fa ) it is clearly
the "Sheikh of Shargah* whose position ar I responsibility
were recognised#
As a matter of fact, under Article 4 of the Treaty of 6th
February 16Q6 with Sheikh sultan bin Sagar, father of balim
and grandfather of Sagar, the Jowaaim^are not entitled to
exorcise their right in the cape of British craft.but in
praotico the incident has happefted and has-been adjusted by
local understanding before any news of it^transpire u,
Cn the ganoml question of U.» ' tlw rlghtjana
im.
the position and ^raot'ic^ - offer the following eviasnco:-
(i) Copy of a letter dated Ist harch 1905 addressed by me
to the Assistant Resident, BurderA s, in reply to an
enquiry on the subject (.Annex Jf)/
(ii) Translation of Sheikh sagar* s own explanation of the
position Of toaelf ^<1 Sholih In rsfaro.oo to this
qusetion.