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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎699r] (1454/1904)

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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617
AIIMSX ( ).
Translation of a letter fron Sheikh Sagar bin Khaled,
Chief of shargah, to Colonel Ross* 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. .
(Dated 22n6 Rabi I # 1501 = SSrd January 1884).
A .C.,
writing
The object of /this latter is firstly greeting and
secondly to inquire after your health. May you ever be
favoured with all what is good. On these parts the movements
ar® quiet and the affira are satisfactory by the grace of
God.
We sent you a letter previously but no reply has come
from you and we do not know what it was that hse prevented it.
We hop© it a propitious one. further, the condition which
has already been arranged between ue and Sheikh Salin through
the nediura of the Sheikhs Honeid bin Abdullah and Hashar bin
M&ktoora is not hidden fro® you. On the present date, there
took place an assembly of the ©foresaid Sheikhs with us and
they asked Salim for adherence in accordance with the arrange
ment existing between us and hiaj and they did not gain the
object froa hiia but withdre What had been undertaken by then
for hira and acquitted us of the guarantee which they had
given for us and to ue. tod the condition which (existed)
betfreen uo and Salira has been disturbed at present. You know
that he is residing at 3u Fusa Island, which as you know,
belongs to Shargah and perhaps mischiefs will enanatr fro®
him and evil "oings. Firstly he will disturb the Maritime
peace for the reason that he is residing in the island.
Secondly, as w© have mentioned to you. It is a dependency
of Chargah and is our town and we will not grant it to any
one. And yo\i have information about it, and its affairs are
not hidden from you. "We request you to warn Sheikh Sallra
that If he desire® to dwell at Bu Musa a guarantee should be
forth-coming

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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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