"الملف 14/115 VII الملحق (B 9) أكسيد جزيرة أبو موسى: مواد خلفية حول هذه القضية" [و‎‎٣‎٤‎٨] (١٩٠٤/٧٢٢)

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t© the Resident of his uncle's conduct and In the
course of his letter he wrote; "At present you ere
"aware that Salin resides on Bu Musa, which is an
"island dependent on Shargah, and I cannot spare it
"to others and perhaps Salim aiay create sosa© dis-
" turbace which nay break the itaritiae peace. I beg
"therefore that you will tindly warn Saliia and in-
"foris hi* that if he is desirous of living at Abu
"Musa he must do so peaceably, you being his guaran-
"teo that nothing wrong will be done by him of a
"nature to disturb the Maritime peace. But should
"he not choose to obey it will be your choice either I
"to remove hi* froa the island or to leave us t©
"settle the matter between us and in that case we
"should not be called to account in the event of our
"attacking one another. I leave the matter to your
"disposition, a
In reply the Shaikh was informed that if either
party broke the maritime peace he would be promptly
repressed.
About this time the Shaikhs of Ras-el-Khaina and
Debai also complained to the Resident against Shaikh
Salim 1 a violation of the agreement, guaranteed as
it had been by themselves.
On 14th February following Shaikh Sagar again wrote
to the Resident politely urging that it was all very
well for him to say that whoever broke the Maritime
peace would be repressed , but reminding him that Abu
Musa was his , Shaikh Sagar 1 s property - a hereditary
appanage of Shares ah . He added ; " If Salim wants to
live there and guarantees that he will not commit
anything which would interfere with my affaita , or
disturb the maritime peace , so be it j but I cannot
dispense with this Island , which is of the greatest
use to me » I beg therefore that you will plainly
write to me on the subject and likewise instruct your I
Agent "