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File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide [‎1v] (2/592)

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The record is made up of 1 file (296 folios). It was created in 10 Feb 1909-13 Jan 1913. It was written in German, English 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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His Majesty’s Government agree that Sheikh p. 3.
Sagar was prevented by the British resident from
driving Sheikh Salim out of Abu Musa by force.
There is no doubt that Sheikh Sagar, supported as
he was by all the tribesmen, was in a position to
treat Sheikh Salim, who had no means of defend
ing himself, in any way he pleased, and it was
only because Sheikh Sagar loyally submitted to
the warnimr of the British resident that there
must be no breach of the maritime truce that
Sheikh Salim was allowed torema in in Abu Musa
Island at all, and that arrangements were made
for his maintenance.
His Majesty’s Government would observe that p- 4.
Abdul Latif, father of Esa, was not the British
“ consular agent,” but 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.
With regard to the statement that “ the rent p- 4.
was paid regularly, and received by Sheikh
Salim,” His Majesty's Government would point
out that the German Government have omitted
all reference to Sheikh Sagar’s statement that, on
being informed by Sheikh Salim of the concession
that he, acting as Regent, had granted, he
voluntarily set aside the amount of the rent, as
forming part of the revenue of Abu Musa, for
Sheikh Salim, in order to make up his allowance
to the original sum of 600 dollars, or more (see
Appendix 5 to First British Memorandum).
His Majesty’s Government would also point out P- 4.
that the statement that the share of Sheikh Sagar
was on the 10th October, 1907, sold by Hassan
Samieh to Thomas Brown is somewhat misleading,
if unaccompanied by any reference to the fact
that such sale took place eight months after the
cancellation of the concession by Sheikh Sagar,
and a week after the delivery of the final order
that all work was to cease.
His Majesty’s Government cannot agree that p. 4.
the summary of the terms of the contract between
Hassan Samieh and Herr Robert Wonckhaus is
accurate, and would refer to the terms of such
contract as set out in Annex 5 to the First German
Memorandum. Similar observations apply to the
summary of Sheikh Sagar’s letter of the 21st
February, 1907, to Hassan Samieh (Annex 12 to
First German Memorandum).

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The file is a direct chronological continuation of File 4949/1912 Pt 4 ‘Abu Musa – Angelegenheit. 1907.’ (IOR/L/PS/10/321), containing correspondence exchanged between the German Consulate at Buschär [Bushire] (Helmuth Listemann; Wilhelm Wassmuss) and others: the British Government; the Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] representative of the German firm Robert Wönckhaus and Company (Herr H Rosenfeld; Herr Krumpeter); the British Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Major Arthur Prescott Trevor; Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); the German Imperial Government.

The correspondence refers to a dispute over a concession for the mining and shipment of red oxide at Abū Mūsá, originally awarded to Arab merchants by Shaikh Sālim bin Sulṭān Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. of Sharjah in 1898, and part of which was subsequently acquired by Wönckhaus and Company in 1906. The dispute was sparked by the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Khālid Āl Qāsimī’s cancellation of the concession in 1907, and subsequent claims by Wönckhaus and Company and the German Government, over financial losses arising from the cancellation of the concession.

The majority of the file’s correspondence is in German. Official letters exchanged between the German Consul at Bushire and the British 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. are in French.

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1 file (296 folios)
Arrangement

The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

The subject 4949 (Abu Musa oxide) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/318-323. The volumes are divided into six parts, with each part comprising one volume. Part 6 (IOR/L/PS/10/323) is missing.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 296; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-296; these numbers are printed.

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