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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎434r] (894/1904)

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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island • 1 have slnmly bought oxj.de from the less® holdere ©f
th© Mines on the island of Abia Kusa for a epecified period in
the same Ra otners buy from you. I hare been in deallnge
th axl c-ne merchants of the Pereiaa and Arab CoaAt® and there
has not been the least confusion in our intercourse with the
peopxei and ii you are not satisfied with th® writing and wish
notning but the nullification of thie contract all right, but
please pay me 15 shillings per ton according to the contract and
ale© tae raoney I paid for expenses. If you pay me the money, I
will no longer require the agreement and will relinquish it.
.■therwi' e it ic not possible for roe to abandon my rights. We are
not sitting here to play games in business setters. We act in
accordance with rules".
3ow^ If you think it advisable write hia a letter and give
him explanations regarding the nullification of the contract.
Perhaps |ie will agree, otherwise, as far a# I can Judge, I have
not the power to depart froa what has par-sed in the way of'son-
dltioas of sale except after the expiry ©f the period according
to the deed of agroeaent. And you are the wisest ©f the learned.
It Is proved to you that I did not do (this) until I was satis
fied that you would approve of this transaction. You had better
drop discussion about this bepjuks© the road is closed (to any
discussion). If the Uerman says he will write you a letter
according to your desire saying that he has no concern in the
island or in the mines on the island and that he has only
purchased from the lease-holders of the island, Hassan bin All
& 0© the red oxide which is being excavatad from the mines on
the island, he las left no grounds for further nrgumentand you
are aware that aush a wholesale transaotion cannot be obtained
»t all times; and that we have spent considerable over this
since wo leased Zkm.this mine up to the present. Which ofi the
partners paid a© & single cent and who would have paid up my
clsias if I had not sold (the stuff )t You are aware that the sale
is a aattercof luck and whenever such is achieved the
burden JfxiJdOK falls from the necSrs of all the partners; but if
it

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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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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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