'File 14/115 VIII B 15 Abu Musa. Red oxide concession.' [78r] (162/401)
The record is made up of 1 volume (188 folios). It was created in 27 Aug 1911-30 Dec 1912. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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to conclude the contract without consulting his
partners, it is difficult to understand his attempts
to conceal it from them, and to deceive them as
to its terms.
(6.) The German Government also contend that
all the partners expressly approved the agreement.
The persons concerned (omitting Abdullah,
who may be assumed to have supported his
father) are Esa, Malcolm, and Nejef, son of
Nakhoda Ali.
The German Government dispute that Nejef
was a partner, arguing that Nakhoda Ali " had
a share on the strength of his engaging to super
intend the work at tlie mines, without putting
capital into the concern, that his partnership
was connected with personal services, and there
fore ceased at his death. This contention is not
supported by the terms of the document under
which he became a partner (Annex 2 to
First German Memorandum), which placed him
in precisely the same position as the other
partners. Moreover, as it is pointed out on p. 18
of the Second German Memorandum that the
only partners who put any capital into the
concern were Hassan and Malcolm, it follows, if
the contention of the German Government is
correct, that the other partners, who neither put
capital into the concern nor superintended the
work at the mines, had no claim to their shares
at all. The suggestion that Nakhoda Ali was not
a partner, but only an "employe of the company
with a share in the profits," is plainly untenable,
in view of the provision in the document under
which he became a partner (Annex 2 to First
German Memorandum) that he was to bear
his share of the expenses—an unheard-of pro
vision in the case of an employe. It appears
from Malcolm's statement (Appendix 17) that
Nakhoda Ali was originally the most important
member of the firm ; and reference may also be
made to the sentence quoted above from Hassan's
letter to Nejef, dated the 21st January, 1908.
The suggestion made by Abdul Latif, that it
might be possible to extinguish Nakhoda Ali's
share at his death on the grounds indicated,
must have come to nothing, judging by the
later documents as if the surviving partners had
thought it possible to get rid of the share in such
a way, they would certainly have done so.
[2294 /—2] H
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Correspondence relating to the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa island. Correspondence topics include:
- The Second British Memorandum, December 1911 (printed copy).
- The migration of the Sudanese community from Sirri to Abu Musa.
- The activities of the German company Wonckhaus which was not permited to ship oxide from the pit-head but permitted to remove all oxide already mined.
- Letters discuss the view of the 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that no further concessions be given to Wonckhaus.
Correspondents include the 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Foreign Office, London; 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. , London; H. Listermann, German Consulate, Bushire; Shaikh Sagar bin Khalid, Chief of Sharjah; 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; H.M. Vice-Consul and Assistant Resident, Lingah.
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- 1 volume (188 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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