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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎316r] (658/1904)

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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prompted the omis lon. but if it was the one suggested by'the
aemais iteoranto, and if the Oxide business was then, an
they say, considered very profitable? und if it was intended
k* tl xt 3f m La ' : 1,1(1 t}lG lessors permanently. In return
nor.ituu rent of £ so per annua, tiien there was obvious-
xy -.ui Uio more reason for sagar to put hie foot and oaa-H
061 mdf0r a8 t0 doing.
In re .a-J "C .this tine lir.it 'yrwkimv. aetute oon-
ceasionaires thoroughly over-resohed thessaelves for it is
clear from the abundant tectiaony of KUllahs and raerohants nor.
iorthco'ilng, that even if the lease were not revooabl® on
any otner grounda, it was rendered invalid both in clerical
and aerehantile law, on account of this very oriission of any
ti!«e limit. For the rest, the sere fact that Oonoeesion So#
i wno re t acted, shows that the irrovooability olaitied was »t
any rate only comparative and not absolute.
i4n). TBE QfJEU TIOM'WKWKR ABSVMIMQ BAKAR IS THE
Id ABLE '-TO TSmiHATE WE LEASE A&HSBMEftf SEOAtJMS tBS LES
SEE HAS BBXi?.""' i'O Ir'AIUI MOSEX' AMD HIE RENT DORS HOT
kUrFIOIEHT .0 RIM, SMAR # IS ORE THAT CARKO? RK OXROOSSEO
iiSRIOU.SLY.
This was a reason or a part reason suggested by His
Majesty's Covemiasnt and not given by the uheilch himself
but it is a very natural one. He and Sheikh salia knew no
nsore about the oxide prospects when the concession was granted^
than they did about the Mica. They were simply exploited by 3
more .astute buftinese mm. As soon as they osae to realise
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that they had been done, they wanted to upset the arrangssent.
(41). OH ire qvwhtiom ok'luk T^IRATIOR of l;u:>r ACRES-
•»2nt opiiiiors rave aru obtaiufd raon lmmmjimmawm
At I.IRCAH ARC bolisorab ARD tbk RORt xmp0rtart OLKSrY OF LXR-
gah , •*4? a ^:- d -. mm { •■.■'W m : io ro r^)#

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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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