'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎334r] (694/1904)

A,
san Ala & ^ilch lie intended, to place on th© aostiaa-
"lation of oxide waa also taken®.
1 toM '' ,M ««"
Uii). On 19th Woveaaber 1907 - addresaing Sheikh Sagar
301j the German Vic© Consul, Bu«hir« # threatened
satei h with a claln of a lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. and
cl'iiaed for Messrs* 'Xonckhmx* right of direct
entry for concern) in the working of mines*
'lIul 'LecLber*!^)" 0 ' 7X *" Ind10 ^ ***** «***
%iv)» On 16th Larch 1909 « Hasan Sosaiyeh^ no doubt
undur arlvioo froa hio Oeroan supporters s wrote a threat-
enlng letter to Sheikh Sagar in which he said i~
w A11 - ' >j : e oxid< } in ®" ^loh are on the Abu Muea belonc to
•<: wti'• Mir syndicate and are under our oontrol said ir»
"our poeaeeeion"«
(Ueaidency Letter Ho. 1559 dated 4-th July 1909 to India)
A b regards the apparent differentiation between British
oubjeoto and other foreigners, I would explains
fits Isrlvifth v .overnnent are 3|f^t as anxious to protect these
unsophisticated Arab Shel ; :ns against unfair exploitation by
British subjects Junt as ouoh as other foreigner^ , but from the
Sheikhs* point of view it is very natural that 4^ -should re
gard British oubjoctP in a different light to other foreigners.
They know that liritioh oubjeoto if not oubject to their own
Juriodlction arc eubjeet to that of the British political
authorities with t?hon they are united by close ties of treaty
and obligation. 'Hi ay trust to the British Govemment- to Iteee
their own subjecte in hand and give %ksm the Sheikhs laaaunlty
froa worry or Imposition. They have no such guarantee in the
case of other forelgnero, neither under toe ooaplete control
of themselves nor of the protecting power.
Even Hasan ^fusalyeh until It suited hie book to change his
ideas, had strong view® on that point and at one tine was all
against the adaisslon Into the concern of any foreigner
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