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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎208r] (426/1904)

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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put regarding the ,1uricdiction and ownership of Abu ausa
Island, and the wanner of the exercise of the rights of
^otaas and flotoan on the islands of the Gulf.
In the nane of God, Tlie Merciful, The compassionate.
As you are one of the Arab Sheikhs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and are faciiliar with the traditions of the past and the
rights of the Arabs in regard to the Coast and Islands in
the Gulf, what is your opinion on the following pointss-
(1). line Islands of Bu Musa and Sir Bu Nuair, to the
Jurisdiction of which Sheikh do they belong and in which
Sheikh are the rights of ownership vested?
(S). The right to ^otsara and flotsam in the islands, by
whom is it exercised?
ANSWER,
In the name of God, The Merciful, The Qompassionate.
Firstly, I rm familiar with the matters about which you
ask me. It its well known amongst the Arabs of the Gulf
that the Islands of Bu -"sn and Sir bu au»ir are islands
belonging to the territories of the Kawaoims of Oman and
that their ofmer 1^; is the Ruling Sheikh of the Kawasims
who resides at Chargah and who is at present sagar bin
Khaled bin Sultan.
Secondly, as regards the question of Jotsarn and flot
sam, it is always taken at the time by the inhabitants
of the scene of the wreck and when the Chief comes to
know of it, he is entitled to take a share; sometimes
he takes it and sonetimea he foregoes it, as he may deem
fit. Signed

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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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