"الأكسيد الأحمر في أبو موسى، ١٨٩٨-١٩٣٤" [و‎‎١] (١٢/١)

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P.Z.2795/34.
Memo .IJo.B.43-3.
KSD OXIDS GiJ ABU MUSA 1898-1934.
Note by Sir p.Cox
dated Gtii February
1914,P.325/14.
F.O«Memo»to German
Embassy,EE073,10th
July,1908. P.3523/08,
F.O.Memo.to German
Embassy dated
6th Dec.1911,P.4859/11.
A concession in respect of red oxide deposits
on xibu Musa was granted by Sheikh Salim-bin-Sultan
ex Shaikh- of Shargah, while acting as Regent in
the absence at Mecca of his nephew Sheikh Sagar-bin-
Khali d, Ruler of Shargah, on 10th April 1898 to
Hassan Samaiyeh, his son Abdullah, and Isa bin
Abdul Latif, son of the Residency Agent at Shargah.
The ruling Sheikh on return "saw nothing
objectionable in it, and so I acquiesced in it".
The concessionnaires are described in the subsequent
official correspondence as British subjects. In
1899, the ruling Sheikh associated himself for a
few months with the concession. The concessionnaires
started the regular mining of oxide a few months
later, their plan of operations being to keep about
50 coolies on the island extracting the oxide in a
leisurely way and accumulating heaps of it with
which to fulfil orders when received. On 1st June
1906 Herr Wonckhaus entered into a contract with
Hassan Samaiyeh to buy oxide f.o.b. On 21st
February 1907 the Sheikh of Shargah cancelled the
concession on the ground inter alia that Hassan
Samaiyeh had entered into his contract with Herr
WVhckhaus without the Sheikh's approval, A lengthy
dispute./