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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎333r] (692/1904)

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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It XLJ ALiYO STIOS&K 2HAT X X 8RSIK8 BAKAR OHOUL0
wISH BdlilSii r.'uEJECTS TO BE TREATED DIFFEHSifTLY FROK THOSE
OF OTHER POWERS.
Jhoi-.-.h a o.t>pr©he?ie 1 oko &ro not so 1>®!.3©1.® ss in
practice as tiioy oeesi to b© to the Qertsan Qovernn^nt in
t'n^ory. lusae Arab Slieifchs hava no apeody raenns of ooa-
axanicatlon with tiieir outlying ' positions, no aaw-of-war to
crv-l.-e and keop an eye on then# fto late as 1004 Hbeikh Sagar
was put.to a great deal of anxiety and Inconvenience because
an over-Ksalouc Belgian Director of Sue toss anxious to siak©
htstoryyrent over to the- Island in a Persian C ub toss stealer
and liaulsd dotvn hi® flag, hoisting the Persian flag Instead.
She British Government which protects these Sheikhs in re
gard to their external affairs speedily took the aatter up
and had it righted to the cheikh'a eatiafaotion, but the in
cident naturally gave his a fright and nade hin suspicious*
The action of the German fins and Oeman rapreeentattves
in this case has certainly not been calculated to allay those
anfu -
suspicions. Although in the s^^waente adduced in this case
they have repeatedly declared that the contract en^tered into
by Paaan was oiraply a sale of oxide by Hasan and a purchase
of oxide on delivery by lonclthsue, yet their conduct to-
wards the Sheifeh has ohown hi® clearly how readily a very
different conr>lexion is introduced in. the transaction.
Thun
(i) On 13th October 1907 Messrs# lonotehaus wrote to Sheikh
Sagar i
S W© consider the mines and the concession for th«i as
"a security for the advances paid. If you force Kaji
9 Hassan bin All Sooayah & Co* to withdraw their
"coolleo and representative, we shall nave to send
•over aone snen ourselves to protect our property 8 .
(Consul Bimdcr Abbas to Oovemraent of India, Wo.
dated 28th October 1907).
(ii) On ^eth October Ito?, Lieutenant Gabriel, Aesistant
Hesident Bunder Abbss reported i
«The local renresentative of Wonckhaus, Mr® Brosn and
"about 26 nen left for the island on October S2nd.
"A

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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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