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'14/115 IV B. 7. Abu Musa' [‎54v] (115/571)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (281 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1908-24 Nov 1908. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Telegram, dated the 7th January 1908.
jr rom —His Excellency the Viceroy, Calcutta,
To— His Majesty's Secretary o£ State for India, London, via Suez.
My telegram dated January 6th. Abu Musa. Resident considers that proper
course for the aggrieved party to follow would be to institute a suit in 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. Court or at any rate refer matter to Resident. We concur in this.
Wonckhaus and also both concessionaires, who are naturalised British subjects,
are well aware that the Sheikh of Sharga is under the Resident's political
iurisdiction. Wonckhaus himself, in a^ somewhat similar case in Bahrein in
1905, invoked the assistance of the Resident. His departure in this instance
from ordinary procedure and previous precedent appears to indicate some
ulterior motive from the outset.
(See our telegram to Minister, Tehran, No. 12 -C., dated November 17th.)
We trusted that the case would be discussed in London with German Ambassa
dor since we anticipated that, otherwise, the German Minister at Tehran might
instigate a revival of the Persian claims to the island. Our expectation as to
this has now been fulfilled {vide Marling's telegram to Foreign Office, No. 6,
dated January 6th), and it seems particularly desii-able therefore that further
discussion of the case at Tehran should if possible be stopped.
We would venture to recommend if incident is likely to be further pro
tracted that Marling should inform German Minister that the Truc-ial Chiefs
are under the jurisdiction of the Resident and that complaints of their
proceedings should at any rate in the first instance be preferred to him. The
fact that Wonckhaus' agent has endeavoured to dpal direct with Sheikh in
matter, and has throughout made no reference to Persian Government, should
render it difficult for Germans to press for Persian interference at this stage.
We attach great importance to maintenance of Resident's authority and
jurisdiction over Tmcial Chiefs. He is not under the Minister at Tehran in
regard to them. Finally facts of case are well known at Bushire where Brown
has assistance of German Consul.
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Correspondence concerning Abu Musa island. Correspondence discusses British memorandum of 1908; the German case relating to their mining operations; the Persian claim to Abu Musa, Sirri and Tunb [Tumb]; the role of Hassan bin Samaiyah and the contract with the German company Wonckhaus. Corrrespondents 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. ; Frank C. Strick and Co.; German Consulate, Bandar Abbas; H.M. Consulate Bandar Abbas; Deputy Secretary to the Government of India; Khan Bakadur Abdur Latif [Khan Bahadur 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; Khalid bin Ahmad, Sheikh of Sharjah.

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1 volume (281 folios)
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An index at the front of the file gives subjects covered by the file.

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This volume has three foliation sequences. The first begins with the first letter and runs from number 1 through to number 55. There follows a gap of one folio, and then a second foliation sequence starts on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. side of what would have been number 56 in the first foliation sequence. This sequence is inconsistent in that it is paginated from number 56 up to number 109, where it then lapses back into foliation and runs through to number 332, the last typescript folio. The third and most recent foliation sequence begins on the first typescript folio, which is loose. It runs from number 1 through to number 281, which is the inside of the back cover. It should be noted that folio 60 in this sequence is followed by folio 60 A, which is then followed by number 61. The first foliation sequence is written in blue and red crayon, in the top right corner of each folio. The second foliation sequence (which contains some pagination) is written in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio (and in the top left corner of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. side of those folios that are paginated). The third foliation sequence, which should be used for cataloguing, is written and circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio.

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