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'14/115 IV B. 7. Abu Musa' [‎64r] (136/571)

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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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Hasasa Semey has to deliver daily alongside if in bags 200 tons or in bulk
150 tons, weather permitting. Payment for every lot which is to be shipped
half the amount, when the lot is ordered, and the other half, when the lot is
being shipped.
Advance to be paid by Mr. Eobert Wonckhaus to Hassan Us. 2,000 (two
thousand) whenever Hassan calls for it and receipt to be taken for it. This
advance to remain with Hassan until the end of this contract.
Whenever this contract comes to an end, Mr. Robert "Wonckhaus has the
preference for a new contract of Bu Musa Contract if he desires so, at same prioe
and conditions or at any rate at the price of other serious buyer. Alone the
English text of this contract will hold good.
Lingah, the 1st June 1906.
EGBERT WONCKHAUS.
W. E. KIRK PATRICK.
HASSAN-BIN-ALT SAMAIYEH
and his partners.
Copied by—
SHEIKH HOOSAIN,
Sub-Fostmaster, Ling ah.
(Sd.) SHEIKH HOOSAIN,
Sui-Fost master.
Note .—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. Agent, Lingah, states that the document was in
the handwriting of Mr. Carstein, the representative of Herr Wonckhaus at
Lingah, whose knowledge of English is crude.
No. 7.
Purport of a letter from Esa bin Abdul Latif to Sheikh Sagar hin Khalid, Chief of Shargah,
dated 8tb. Moharrum 1325 (20th February 1907).
After compliments. —I have to communicate with your honour with refer
ence to the lease which I and two partners acquired from the Government of
Shargah relating to the extraction of red oxide from your island of Abu Musa.
As your honour is aware the document of lease was drawn up in the names of
three persons namely your humble servant Esa bin Abdul Latif, Haji Hassan
bin Ali Samaiyeh and Abdulla bin Hassan Samaiyeh.
I have come to know that on 1st June 1906 (8th Rabi-ul-Thani 1324) the
said Haji Hassan entered a contract with a European merchant named
Wonckhaus, without consulting me, and that according to the terms of the
document he bound himself and his partners in giving an absolute monopoly
for the extraction of the red oxide for a period of four years. And the said
Haji Hassan executed this agreement and bound himself without consulting
me previous to the drawing of the deed of contract. The details of the said
deed have only now reached me, and I do not agree to the terms of this con
tract. Accordingly I forward to your honour a copy of the deed of contract
for you to examine; kindly look into it. I beg from your honour assistance
in taking the necessary steps for the cancellation and annulment of this
contract, for I am altogether unwilling to agree to this lease. Previous to
this I have written to Haji Hassan Samaiyah expressing my disagreement to
this cmtract, but he has sent me no answer.

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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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