'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎353r] (732/1904)

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Oaan Bojourninf. on the islands when their grazing
interests clashed.
In order to put an end to thie recurrent friction the
ChlefE of the Clan case to a friendly under standing
under which particular islands were henceforth to b©
used exclueivcly by different portiono of the tribe*
Under tliic understanding iibu Ihiaa fell to the Ehargah
branch and the arraskgeaent then s&de has never been
disturbed.
Tfhile not ordinarily intervening in the internal
politic® of the JewaeiK or other Arab tribes in treaty
relations with then, the Iritiah Authorities have in
practice recognised thio position, and, in pursuance
of their tine honoured policy of aaintaininc the
•Maritiae Truce" the principles of wliich ae we have
Br.ecifically nctified to the tribes are held to apply
to the islands of the Gulf as well as its waters, we
have Interfered in the pronent instance In so far a©
that when alien tribesisen fro® Debai and elsewhere,
have attempted to send their flocks for grazing, or
otherwise to meddle with Abu kusa, or sir Bu Wuair
islands, they have been directed either to desist or
first obtain the acquis scene o of the Ruling rhaikh of
Shargah In the proceedings.
It is true that on one or two occasionr, the Persia
govemsent apparently from ignormoe or a rsisconcep-
tion of the history of these islands generally have
attempted to inninuata a clais to Abu Musa but in 186
when this claim was firsy asserted in conjunction wit
& similar ens in connection witli r>irrl Colonel I .C,
Rots for 18 years Hesident in the Persian Uulf writir
to Sir Henry Drusctond lolff, his Majesty's Minister 6
Xaheran* on 26th April^IS8 <! , obaervedj • the claim
now put forward to the island of Abu Musa has no jur-
tification whatever and any atterapt to assert persiei
authority