'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [352r] (730/1904)
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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35T
MBISORAKDUM
regarding the connection of past and.
present Chiefs of Sharga with Abu
imma. Island act indicated "by the
Archl ven of the Bushire Ri sidenoy.
i t i
Mcbe than a century end & half ago the Chiefc
of the Jowaai® Clan of Arabs, at that tine paramount
in authority on what was known ae the "Pirate Coast"
of c or, with head quart ere at Has -el -fliaina and
Chargah crossed over to the Persian Coast with their
war craft and captured the port of Lingah and other
places on the Coast. There they raaained in occupa
tion for upwards of a century, on© of the Ruling
fojelly frees Has~el«Khoiaa t acting as Chief of the
branch of the tribe which roaained on the Persian
Coast j having its r.eat of govemrsett at LlngaJi, but
ror lining subject to the ovtrlordship of the Ruling
Chief of the headquarters of the tribe, then at Bas
el -Khaiiaa.
At that tiae as now practically all the islands
In the Gulf were perMenently or at certain seasons
tenanted by Arab tribes j raid several of thee includ
ing Abu I'usa by the Jowasits. In the pearling; season
the tribal fishing boats would have recourse to the
islands for w. ter or for refuge from stress of wea
ther; in the spring, after rain, the various Shaikhs
would send their horses and flocks for grazing and
in the winter parties of their subjects habitually
sojourned in the islands for fishing purposes,
firae went on and the rections of the Jowasira on the
Persian Coast after sose generations became as it
were permanent settlers there and quarrels began to
arise between parties of then and their Itinsrsen froj.
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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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