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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [175r] (360/1904)
The record is made up of Four volumes. It was created in 1871-1911. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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pp. 52, 5 ft, January, 1907 (Annex 36 to Second German Memo
randum), which has been translated << the nullifi
cation of this agreement is better 'than its accept
ance," really bears the meaning "It is better to
try to cancel the agreement than to do as he [the
German] wishes." In support of this contention
pp. 53 -55. two opinions are quoted (Annexes 37 and 38 to
Second German Memorandum) which reach this
conclusion upon different grounds. Both these
opinions are purely theoretical, and do not take
local usage into account. His Majesty's Govern
ment would point out that in Enclosure 8 to the
First German Memorandum the words in question
are translated " The cession [? cessation] of this
contract would be preferable to its continuance."
His Majesty's Government also bring forward, in
support of their view, the opinion (Appendix 24)
of the well-known missionary the Rev. S. M.
Zwemer, who has laboured for some fifteen years
among the Arabs of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and
probably knows their local peculiarities of speech
and writing better than any other living man.
His opinion entirely supports the contention of
His Majesty's Government. Being, however, of
opinion that when the meaning to be attributed
to a phrase is in question, the best evidence is
that of the person who used it, His Majesty's
Government annex a statement (Appendix 2 5) by
Abdul Latif, which makes it clear that he used the
words in the sense attributed to them by His
Majesty's Government, and that such would be
the ordinary meaning of the phrase as understood
in those parts. The statement also shows that
Hassan understood the words in that sense, and
quoted them in that sense (but more grammatically
and unmistakably) in his reply. This reply is set
out in Appendix 26.
p. 20. His Majesty's Government do not agree with
the contention that Abdul Latif's letter, by re
commending the cancelling of the agreement,
admits that it had legal force. It is admitted
that the contract was binding as between Hassan
and Wonckhaus and Co., and therefore Hassan
could only be released from it by cancellation;
but the question at issue is whether it was bind
ing on the partnership, and His Majesty's Govern
ment contend that the evidence is clear that it
was not.
There is no doubt that Esa himself objected to
the contract when he heard of its terms. This is
clearly shown by his letter of the 20th February,
[926] I
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Correspondence includes the originals and annexes of the Abu Musa report of May 1911; 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. material for first British reply; printed copy of 2nd British reply; Hassan Samiyah's complaint. It also includes the printed arguments of the Foreign Office case. Correspondence discusses arguments based on various translations of Persian and Arabic words.
Correspondents include Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Hassan Samaiyah; Robert Wonckhaus; Mr Tigranes Joseph Malcolm; Bahadur Abdul Latif [Abd’al Latif] , 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, Sharjah.
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The file is arranged in four volumes.
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Foliation: This file has been split into four parts. The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, runs across all four parts and consists of a pencil number, enclosed in a circle in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. In each volume the foliation commences on the first folio of writing and concludes on the last. Volume 1 contains folios 1-251, Volume 2 contains folios 252-479. Volume 3 contains folios 480-727. Volume 4 contains folios 728-910.
Foliation anomalies: 478, 478A, 512, 512A, 512B, 512C, 584, 584A, 606, 606A, 640, 640A, 821, 821A, 821B, 821C, 821D, 860, 860A, 865, 865A. Foliation omission: 646.
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