"الملف 14/115 VII الملحق (B 9) أكسيد جزيرة أبو موسى: مواد خلفية حول هذه القضية" [ظ‎‎٢‎٣] (١٩٠٤/٥٧)

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Question A
As put to the members of th
In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate.
To the respected and honoured meichants. May God the Highest prolong
their good fortune!
What do you say 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 ? Oan
such a lease be considered proved and binding and accepted according to the
rules of Islamic commerce ?
It is requested v 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 of German Rejoinder), 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-Abdalkarim and Mustafa Kerim and Assayid Habib-ibn-Ibrahim,
from this date for §0 long as they are interested in the aforesaid mine. They are
to nay £T. 150 for every year. I have likewise agreed with them that, if they
wish to shin dried and fresh dates for trading purposes at the place mentioned,
they are to pay us £T, 100 each year as rent. We authorize them to dig_ wells
for "drinking water for their employes working in the aforesaid mming 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 Jbebruary 1903),
(Signed by Zamil-Ibmlbrahim,)
Witnesses:■—
Salih-ibn-Hamdan.
Abdalkerim-ibn-Abdullah.