'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎331r] (688/1904)

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(.•nnoj: 5 are now forthoonlng which show that Hasan did
aot a® aatiaging par trior for the ordinary sal© of oald®
-fiflth the- knowledge of all", but that does not alter the
tact that his sxocution of his excluaiv© contract with
ifoncknaun and th® teme of that contract w©ro both ultra
virea* & K4M j
(64). IT APPEALS FSOH XH1 BOOKS OF THE tK>MPA|IY WIXO^
mrz vr ty SEATUYgOLBABLY AMD WELL#
In this case it ia the sor© curious that H&ean ahould
hBve persietently neglected to furnioh any accounts to his
partners and should always have put them off with vague
prosiaee that he would soon raak© th^s up. There is good
reason to believe fron th© reports of 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
Lingah at tee ttee that these nicely kept account© were
concocted by Abdullah and Brown at Lingah (Enclosure to
Hesidenoy letter iio. 909 of Slat March 1901? to India).
(65). B AS Ail MiiAnmUAH AOTXMQ mfXHSLY Hf liff SHEETS OP
the Goumm xaza m coifCLuoso the wxth vovgkbaob.
If he tiiought this and thought they would approve,
where was th® need for secrecy and prevarication^
(68) * AOOOHDIHGLY ISA*.J OOi-PI.AINT WAS - JiTiarLY UHFOUHOTD A8D
TSERg IAS BO LSGAL UROUHl) i?0R SHEIKH SAKAR TO OXVS IPY
JUDICIAL DECI^IOir VHPAVOURAULE TO RASAS SAMAHi*
It io not contended teat Sheilch s&kar has given a
judicial decision as between the partners. He merely exer
cised tee right i?hich he enjoys , as a law unto himself in
regard to hia own territory, by cancelling a ooncesaion in
what he believed to be jjfa the interests of the partners and
hiaaelf. C ^ lt-s.? v/
An noon as the Gorraan Govermaent has ceased endeavour
ing to drag the matter into the real® of politic^ audi
measures ao are necessary in order to arrive at an adjust
ment of Interests or claims among the conceoelonaires^wlio
are all British subjects will become possible, this is
purely a rasttor concerning the Sheikh and ourselves.
(67).