"الملف 14/115 VII الملحق (B 9) أكسيد جزيرة أبو موسى: مواد خلفية حول هذه القضية" [و‎‎٢‎٧] (١٩٠٤/٦٤)

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A nnex (21).
Question B (i). '
As put to the members
In the name of God, tke Merciful, tlxe Compassionate.
To
The Learned Ulemas and Distinguislied Lawyers—may God multiply the
like of them!
As regards a deed of lease which has been given by a certain party to another
and m which owing to the absence of the specification of the time and the noa-
pronunciation of the legal formulas, the learned lawyers and Islamic divines have
id accordance to the rules of the sacxed Sheta of Islam, issued and recorded a judg
ment nullifying the lease, can the lessor, who is the owner of the property, cancel
it and turn the lessee out of his property ?
It is requested that you will record the trueposition in accordance with the pre
cepts of the Sacred Law of Islam, and adorn and seal it with your august seal.
Please explain and be rewarded, your reward being with God.'
Here follows copy of the said lease (an imaginary one) as under :—
In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Let all know who may see this. I, Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Hasan, have
leased all the mines situated in the island of Qaem to the following persons, Haji Ya-
koob bin Mohamed bin Saleh, Abdul Kerim Mohammad and Syed Sadeq bin Ali
from this date for so long as they have a disposition (to work) in the aforesaid mine.
They are to pay us 150 French dollars 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 150 French dollars as warehouse fee ; and we have
authorised them to dig wells for drinking water for their employe^ working in the
aforesaid mine, and friendly assistance is to be given by us to their employees who
work on the mine. It is possible that I may have concluded agreements before this
present one, but they are not to be acted upon and this agreement which is written
in duplicate holds good.
Dated 18th Zilkadeh 1315.
M uhammad bin A bdullah bin H asan.
Witnesses;—
Saleh bin Hamdan.
Abdullah bin Mohamed.