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'File 14/115 VIII B 15 Abu Musa. Red oxide concession.' [87r] (180/401)
The record is made up of 1 volume (188 folios). It was created in 27 Aug 1911-30 Dec 1912. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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43
A ppendix 11.
Q uestion (A).
As put to the Members of the Mercantile Community.
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
To the respected and honoured merchants. May God the Highest prolong their good
fortune !
What do you sav in regard to a lease which has been given, according to the
following copy, by a certain party to another, and in which no specification of the
period has been made, and also no legal formula has been pronounced ? Can such a
lease be considered proved and binding, and accepted according to the rules of Islamic
commerce ?
It is requested that you will record the true position in accordance with the
commercial rules in Islam, and adorn and seal it with your august seal. Please explain
and be rewarded, your reward being with God.
(Here follows imaginary deed of lease, in same terms as that given in Annex 29 to
Second German Memorandum), as under :—
In the Name of God the Most Merciful.
Let all know who may see this : I, Zamil-ibn-Ibrahim-ibn-Isa Addossi, have leased
the mine which is situated in Assalime to the following persons: Alhadj Abdalhamid-
ibn-Abdal-Karim and Mustafa Kerim and Assayid Habib-ibn-Ibrahim, from this date
for so long as they are interested in the aforesaid mine. They are to pay £ T. 150 for
every year. I have likewise agreed with them that, if they wish to ship dried and fresh
dates for trading purposes at the place mentioned, they are to pay us £ T. 100 each year
as rent. We authorise them to dig wells for drinking water for their employes
working in the aforesaid mining district. Friendly assistance is to be given by us to
their employes working in the mining district. It is possible that I may have concluded
agreements before this present one ; any such are to be invalid, and this agreement
alone is to hold good. It has been drawn up in duplicate. Let this be known.
Done the 18 Dulkade, 1320 (16th February, 1903).
(Signed by Zamil-ibn-Ibrahim.)
Witnesses:
salih-ibn-hamdan.
A bdalkerim-ibn- A bdullah.
Opinions recorded hy Members of Mercantile Community in reply to Question (A).
1. The essential basis of every transaction of the nature of a mortgage or lease,
according to the rule of the enlightened Shera, is the pronunciation of the formula and
the specification of the period.
(Signed and sealed) HAJI ABDUL EASUL BUSHIHI,
Rais-i-Tujjar,
{Note. —Recognised by Persian Government as head of the Persian mercantile
community of Bush ire.)
2. The commerce of Islam, proceeds in accordance with the rule of the Holy Shera
law. It is obvious that a lease without specification of period and without the
pronunciation of the formula is null and void.
(Signed and sealed) HAJI MUHAMMAD REZA BIN
GHCLAM ALI, Behbehani.
(Note. —One of the firm acting as agents ot the Bombay and Persia Steam
Navigation Company, and E. D. Sassoon and Co., and a member of the Persian
Chamber of Commerce at Bushire. One of the four chief merchants of Bushire.)
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Correspondence relating to the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa island. Correspondence topics include:
- The Second British Memorandum, December 1911 (printed copy).
- The migration of the Sudanese community from Sirri to Abu Musa.
- The activities of the German company Wonckhaus which was not permited to ship oxide from the pit-head but permitted to remove all oxide already mined.
- Letters discuss the view of the 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that no further concessions be given to Wonckhaus.
Correspondents include the 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Foreign Office, London; 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. , London; H. Listermann, German Consulate, Bushire; Shaikh Sagar bin Khalid, Chief of Sharjah; 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; H.M. Vice-Consul and Assistant Resident, Lingah.
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- 1 volume (188 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each page.
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- English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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