'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎816r] (1704/1904)

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Not • "by Resident .
up to this point , I had received no report of this contract with
'toncMiaua from the 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 at S^argaJi » It was not until
some little time after ay retunn to headquarters/after a visit to
oiaia . that Mr Malcolm the British protected Armenian merchant
01 Buahire mentioned the ■tatter in a sonowhat exaggerated for*
( This was reported in diary of 12th August)
in the course of a private visit to the 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. « He promised
t . IHHi/li/UWimmHiH'MHHW//
w wry and get authentic details , hut not hearing froi.-. hiw for a
few days I wrote to him privately on •: ■ • L >• o" * a
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of a private leiter fro* major 06® to
Armenian
Mr Tigr«ii x . feril If 5 h Met o* of
Data'! ?3r<3 ten*. imc. j
De*r ftr KsOoolm
tbxi. sent if. fd to die time w^- f. ??■'?'; >ou
hao y-cae'T,tc v t'-at - sub-leaser I
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Oxide concessloa at Abu Musa w/iich he holds from Bhargah 9 to
Mr W ..rir:.- s » Fas > ' cd by furU : f "cm
Hassat - If you have a copy oJ the terms of the agreement
witli Worckhau- i.nd could let ate see it , I ahoulO be interns 1
ted to do so •
Also « wlere l4 it that you have m interest in this mattt *■?«
You' name i i nthe ninal documc? r of the conct sic
fro* ^Mtrgal Is -.f ?erb.s . " • pars : nt IN
feetween you: .. Saanaly^.
1 a* scrr; to trouble you in this hot weather .
r wrn - ti a^e well ,eto
{signed) p.Z^CCX.
REPLY 1 FROUJte >-iiXOO^:
Dated 23rd "-^06^
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max- Major Cox ®
^PflllAIS.
In reply to your letter re Abu Musa I beg lo eRcloie in origtiMkS
two letters in Arabic , addressed to me by Haji Hassan bin Sywaifeh
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dated 14-th Rabi el tani 13S4 and l^th July 1906 . Prom these youi*
-7 th June — 1906
w&ll see the terms of the" contract entered into between him and
Mr Wonclchauo • I have not been able to obtain a copy of the ocn
tract because according to Sumaiyeh's statement it is in German
and he is unable to copy it «