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'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎285r] (596/1904)

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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German firm convinced their Consul of Mir.a .useln.a diahonelt^
behaviour in connection W ith the disappearance of the £1700 and
the -...exalcdtions of ji Muhammad aassan, with the result that
Dr .Liatemann at last decided to dismiss his retainer. To this
end Mr.Krumpeter, Messrs Wonckhaus 1 then agent, armed with a
letter from the German Consul intimating his dismissal and sn-
oloeing his pay to date, proceeded with the Consul's authority
to the Mirza's house with the intention arresting him or
aeiaing certain important documents which he was believed to
hold.
hirza Husein, however, escaped by a back door and took
" bast (Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location. " with a local Mullah.
Monsieur Constant, the Belgian Provincial Director of
Cuotoms, Bushire, about this time received instructions from
•teheran to report to his Administration concerning the case
against Mirza Husein and informed my Commerciul Adviser, Mr.
Chick, of the purport of a telegraphic report which he had sent
towards the latter part of March, -vhich was to this effect, viz;
"Herr Krumpeter had been deputed by the German Consul to
"hand Mirza nusein a letter of dismissal and the salary due
"to him. The Mirza took to flight, realising that he had
"been unmasiiod and convicted of extensive robberies on the
11 German Firm".
£
Mirza Musein is now spending large sums of money in order
to procure false evidence from the Mullahs.
' r Mirza Husein has long since been known to the Customs as
an importer of arms and is at the moment being prosecuted by
the Customs for smuggling 10 rifles,and in this connection the
Governor of Bushire has informed me that^Mirza Husein had sent
him 150 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. as a bribe« He, Mirza Husein, V4s now haggling
as to the amount of fine which he should be called upon to pay.
Mirza Husein is an agitator and a rogue whose downfall will be
welcome! by all honest members of the community".
Charges against Mirza Husein are still pending and meankhile
the German Consul is withholding the rent of the German Consulate
premises

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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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Four volumes
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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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