'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎436r] (898/1904)

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O o p y of «, uneignea latter fr OE H„.„ hlr . A11 £M . ly8fc
to Sheikh Eagar bin Khelld. 0Etsa
ooth KBrob ISO?.
a - 0 - /5 44 ■(LJ\/y~r'% Cl/VA. —^ ,
Your teteemttd letter dated the current has bea»
^ '" 4 ^ 0 ' a ' :a ^ stated was imderetood fey your friead,
■ vw "' ■' bKa ' r!: -ftat though A oae paragraph of a letter.
"bdul .atlf did consent to the censan*# contract th©rs wae neverthe-
1®8B in the we letter n warning regarding any leaee etc., miich
'" R ' 4 - f " feu " v '- aii y oblxgation. Y eu, I did not act contrary to that
imrrung, and the Hcrfranhas no concern in the lease or anvthin^
- ai ~-' ^ •" «nv uning
else m the island. Only the oxide has been sold to Therefore
on the day that my brother Abdul Latif received an anewer to the
letter of warning it was proved to hi® that I had not acted in a
wa^,. j. u is. only the sale of the red oxide and nothing
#ise; and 1 an not bound by the Geman except for the sale of
oxide. But ? a@ regards what you have stated that I had written
that I was the owner of the island? how can I take possession of
the ieland? I have but leased fro® Sheikh Sales bin Sultan the
sines which are on the Island of Abu Musa and I rib paying Sheikh
Salexa a certain rental every year as per the agreement. Ae to what
you had stated that I had written that I wae in charge and possess-
ion {of the mines) and that the sales were (left) in ay control,
tphe,it is obvious to the partners that since the leaseftes exe-
euted), it was I who undertook possession, sale, expenditure and
the needs - according to rule. And from, the time of (the execution
of) the iease up to now, it was I who undertook ©verything and all
expenses and worked up to now, and none of the partners opposed me
in this affair, and they have no right to do so. The was it that
paid .tie a single cent on account of the expenses I incurred over
this oxide so that he nay raise objections against ae? (They can
do so only) when they find any irregularity (on my tmrt).
Ae you say I aa a dependant of the British Governfflent and
shall not behave except according to rules? and it was not desirab
le for you to sake this objection without any fault (on icy part)
or