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'14/115 IV B. 7. Abu Musa' [‎73v] (155/571)

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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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Wp are not here to play at doing business, and we work and go in accordance
wini liw " If yon think it advisable, please write to them and explain to
TCL . perhaps they will meet you. I cannot see my way to do anything
oATitrarv to the sale conditioos until the contract expires. You are the Lord
nf the Learned; you know that I did this knowing that you were agreeable to
it The thing being done, it is better to stop tins dispute. hen the Germans
o Aree to eive you a letter according to your own wish, saying that they hare
houeht oxide only from Hassan-ben-Ali Semey and Co., and have nothing to
,lo with the leasehold of the island, that settles everything. Yon
know that such a sale in one item is not obtainable every day, and we
have a large amount invested since the date of the Concession; until now,
who of the partners gave a single penny ? And if we don't sell, who will give
us our money ? You know that a sale is debarrassmg ; when it is made it
decreases the liabilities of the partners ; when there is no sale, the partners
must pay whatever the expenses are. After his arrival trom Calcutta, Abdulla
will close the books and show you everything. Please inform Isa of this.
HASSAN-BEN-ALI SEMEY & Co.
(Inclosure 12.)
Segee-ben-Khalet to Hassan-ben-Ali Semet.
(Afer compliments.) Muharrem, 1325.
We inform you that Isa-ben-Abdul Latif has lodged a complaint with us
regarding the oxide mines in Abu Musa, which have been given in lease since
some years in your name, and Isa-ben-Abdul Latif, and your son Abdulla, in
accordance with the document dated the 18th Zulkada, 1315. He has sent us
the copy of contract existing between you and Robert Wonckhaus, and presents
a complaint saying that you have concluded this contract without consulting
him, and after seeing it he does not agree to the conditions mentioned in the
contract, and I also do not agree to this contract—under no circumstances.
You have no right to give a contract of such a nature and bind yourself, and
possess a third person of all that the mines yield for a long period, without
consulting us or informing us at all.
As we will sustain a loss by allowing this contract regarding the Island
of the Abu Musa which is in your hands to continue, and you have acted in
this unauthorized manner on our behalf, we have now thought it advisable to
withdraw the leasehold from you. Now I inform you by this letter so that
you may know that the contract is expired between us, and you have no
right to make use of the mines in Abu Musa. Let this be known.
Inclosure No. 13.
Hassan-ben-Ali Semey to Sheikh Segbr-ben-Khalet.
Jfter compliments. —Your favour of this month's date received and
contents noted. Regarding the letter, in which Abdul Latif agrees to the
contract with the Germans, and at the same time warns us against giving a
leasehold or something similar, yes, I have not acted contrary to that letter,
and the Germans have nothing to do with the leasehold of that island. I have
only sold oxide of iron. When Abdul Latif received answer to his letter it
proved to him that I had not acted wrongly. I had only sold oxide ot iron.
We are responsible for nothing else but the sale of oxide of iron to the
Germans. You say that I had stated that I am the owner of the island; how
could I make such an assertion, as I have taken in lease only the mine of
oxide of iron, which is in the Island of Abu Musa, from Sheikh Salem -ben-
Sultan, and pay a certain sum as rent to Sheikh Salem every year according to
the leasehold. But your statement that I had written that I am the lease-
holder, it is right, and sale and management are in my hands. The partners
know well, that from the beginning of the Concession the sale, expenditure,
management, and requirements have been duly looked after by me, and from

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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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