'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎423r] (872/1904)

Purport of a letter froo Rea btn AbfluX Latlf to aheikb Saga;
bin Khalid Chief of Shargah.
Dated 8th oharnaa 138C (SOth February 1907).
After oomplinonta.
have to cosffiiimloate with your honour with reference to the
'....b.. irhiCh i and two partners acquired fro® the governaent of
Shargah relating to the extraction of Red Oxide fooa your Island
of Abu ^usa• As your honour is aware the document of lease was
drawn up in the names of 3 persons namely your humble servant Esa
um .Hbdul Latif, Haji Hassan bin All Samaiyeh and Abdul la bin
Hassan Saraaiyeh.
I have come to know that on let June 1906 (6th fiabl-iil-Thani
1324) the said fiaji Hassan entered into a contract with a European
iaerchan|t named Wonokhaus, without consulting and that according
to the terras of the docun&nt he bound hinaelf and his partners
in giving an absolute monopoly for the extraction of the He*
oxide for a period of 4 years. And the said Hajl Hassan executed
this Agreement and bound hissself without consulting roe previous
to the drawing of the deed of contract. The details of the said
deed have only now reached me, and I do not agree to the terms of
this contract. Accordingly I forward to your honour a copy of the
deed of contract fior you to examine? kindly look into it. I beg
from your honour assistance in taking the necessary steps for the
caAoellation and annulment of this contract, for I am altogether
unwilling to agree to this lease. Previous to this I haw written
to Hajl Hassan Saraaiyeh expressing ay disagreement to this coh-
tract, but he has sent me no answer.
Finally I am obliged to call your attention to the deed of
contract in the beginning of which begins as follows; •Contract
between Haji Haesan bin All Samiyeh of lingah owner and hold er'
of the Abu Husa Concession, and Mr. Robert Tonckhaus of Lingah*.
How Kajl Hassan Saraaiyeh has no deed of authority from giving
him any general power in regard to action which he might take
respecting the lease etc.*; how then has Haji Hassan the rl ht
thus to mention himself only without consulting or referring to
his