'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎314r] (654/1904)

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iiAU SKI-.I AJfC STILl IS ?i|R FHEfS BWPEim OF
The three reeidente referred to are
i) Abdul mm In ibn AhBed ai MushsrS.
(11) Abdarralnson ibn ioihannad ibn
(111) Karad Ibn Khalifa al Uyuni.
hey are all person# whoa® opiniono would not bo of the
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p^iguucnt wel <^/en If th©y ^orc bona fide, but they are all
o bj e " t i onabl © * I in© erea-.
^p\, ' 1; tc 'petty trader.
in poarx deal Inge • "-la OT »inion la of no value whatever In re»
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gsrd to the question under reference.
ftl^ . )r ^eriy ; ranch &gent- tfiomlseed fror* his poet an
unfit# fiae been frequently oubject of conplaint from 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.
in the rift a I and is bo at the present tine, on account of hie
still trying to run a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. under the French flag to which he
ha a no ri ght. '-.a vi* Hi %
(ill) ^as a petty nserchant - always In a state of bank
ruptcy and receiving help fron Hasan Sonaiyeh# He recently
died insolvent. /'-J*** ' r .
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In refutation of the above I produce statements to an
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entirely contrary effect from various end important Arab
iJhelkhs of the littoral, most of them of the sane ntocir ae the
Chiefs of the ruclal Ooast. they belong to the category of
maritime Arabs who up to comporstivsly recent years possessed
and ruled the littoral on both shores of the Qulf, Their wnola
history has been bound up with the Coast and Islands of the
Gulf and their views must necessarily be of the greatest welfht.
It will be seen that they are unanimous In the opinion
that Abu^lsland Is the property of the ftuling Ghief of Hhargah*
(?#) # # IT caxiiot be qms/aomm hi: rxmmsvd tj* •
oohsksf of fim mtmimmmim and toii as against
tm geu. mmf of disposal of tut mvmmf just liss ah
mnm - sr mmrmn-•
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