'14/115 II B. 5. Abu Musa. Abu Musa oxide contracts and concession. Hassan Samaiyeh's dealings with the Germans.' [‎110r] (225/467)

No. Ill of 1907.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
foueign department.
Ill SECRET.
External,
To '
T he r ight h on'ble john moreey, o.m.,
Mis M
g IR) Simla, the 27th June 1907.
We have the honour to forward a copy of the noriwnnnrlor,^ /i \ n i
m the annexed list on the subject of the red oxide denosifa af 4K e A^
island, belonging to the Sheikh of Shargah. dep0S1 ^ at Abu Musa
C5
2. In 1898 the Sheikh granted a llase of the red oxide mines to one
Enclosure No. 5. Hassan-bin-A li 8arnaiyeh, a resi-
a third person Esa-bin-Abdul Latit. tnDeLrnbTim "or^ltOT^b 21 of
VTH British A » e,lt at :Lin 8 ah to tlM ^hatflenr Robert
■ re p r _ e sentatire of a German firm in Bahrein, had eontemnlatpd
visuing Abu Musa with a view to taking up the export of red oxide the Sheikh
of Shargah and the concessionaires were specifically warned bv the Political
esident against entering into any agreement with the trader in question for
cZ^tasZLS% JTe Govenuijent' itj^ 086 : had
of mdia, Foreign Department, to sir w. Leo- already leceived a general* warnin 0 " in
Warner, KCS-L, Sc refairy, Poiitical Department, 1898 from the Political ilosirhmt ir.^ fl...
llia .o.„. Pere . an Gulf
polies without consulting him. NeTertlieless on the 1st 1906 San
t sub-enclosure No. 5 to enclosure No. 6. Samaiyell, claiming to act for llis tWO
Herr Wonebhous gran.ing to the la£ ptbl
, 3 * , ^ ll£ ; n sporting the circumstances connected with the execution of thp
iV^ tl^ l a30i ; i m I ed tliat ' H View of thG I K)litical importance of prevent-
'f i n e f ^ C( J U1Sltl0 . n f en ™ny of vested rights in the Gulf, an attempt should
he made to extinguish the concession which had been secured by Herr
Wonckhaus. Ihe Government of India agreed with Major Cox as to the desir-
J Enclosure No. 8.
ability of getting the monopoly cancelled,
" f f r0m i tlie , Sheikh , of Shargah whether Hassfn 7 S^maiyS?^ad^ny
authority from him to enter into the contract with Herr Wonckhaus, and, if so
Why be had acted in this matter in contravention of the known wishes of the
§ 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. to Foreign office, dated the 27th Government of India. Major Cox was
* uly ( encl08ure to letter from the Secre- a l so instructed to remind the Shpikh
tary, Political Department, 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. , No 31, dated fhnf Knf 4-1 4.' it ^ ^ ,
the 29th July 1904). * tiiat, but loi the action of the British§
of the Persian flag from Abu Musa, the S" w^uTd'bt! "Cno^aSSy
on the island, aud the concession could never have been worked MaS
Cox was requested in replying, also to report the result of the advie'e whlb
thi^ partnerTn^he ^on" ^ t0 ^if. the