'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎719r] (1494/1904)

ANNEX ( ).
Translation of a letter from the Chief of Has-el-
Kheimah, Homeid bin Abdullah, to the 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 at
Shargah, Haji Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad.
(Dated 28th Zilhejjah 1289 = 13th March 1875).
Your esteemed letter has been received and what you had
stated was noted.
You had mentioned to me about the Island of Tomb, (stat
ing) that you have received letters from the Government AgeAt
and Sheikh Khalifah that I desired to take possession of the
Island. Please note, my friend, that I have not entered upon
the Island of Tomb with any special purpose, but that the
Islands of Tomb, Abu Musa and Sir are the dependencies of
the Qowaeem of Oman and my(grand) father, the late Sultan,
retained their possession in his lifetime, and the Island of
Henjam belongs to the family of Bu Saeed and the Islands
of Serri and Nabiyu to the Qowasem of Fars. This is known
to all the people, so much so that Mollasan, inhabitant of
Debai settled down at Tomb for three or four years and my
(grand) father Sultan went to him and expelled him from
there; and he is now at Henjam. I have proofs of this and
think that you will not ignore this. And as regards Sheikh
Khalifah (my) condition and his are one (i.e. we are jointly
united) and there is no (question of) islands or anything
else between us. The property is one (i.e. we are so united
that we are partners in our respective property). But this
year there was a necessity for me, owing to the (presence of)
locusts and the absence of vegetation, and we sent our
horses and animals there so that the donkeys may be im
proved by feeding on the grass. And I advised Sheikh Khalifah
that he should prevent the A1 Bu Someith from coming and
using