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File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide [3v] (6/592)
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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6
ing the case, deliberately induced the two sheikha
to make statements which he and they knew to
be untrue, His Majesty’s Government cannot
entertain any such suggestion. •
4. This point will be discussed later.*'•
His Majesty’s Government also produced, as
further evidence of Sheikh Sagar T s ownership of
the island, two letters written by him in 1884 to
the British resident (First British Memorandum,
Appendices 3 and 4). It cannot of course be
disputed that these letters were written long
before the question of title had arisen, but the
German Government deny that they can be relied p. 6.
on as evidence of Sagar’s ownership.
His Majesty’s Government are unable to accept P- 6.
the German Government’s account of the circum
stances under which these letters were written.
These circumstances have been explained above.
At the time of Salim’s deposition Sagar had all the
tribesmen at his back, while Salim had no follow
ing at all; the only question was whether Sagar
should forcibly remove Salim from the island,
which course would involve a breach of the mari
time truce. Sa^ar informed the British Besident
on the 17th May, 1883, that he proposed to adopt
this course, and was informed in reply that* in
order to avoid a breach of the truce he ought to
arrange a peaceable settlement (First British
Memorandum, Appendix 6). This was accord
ingly done ; but had not Sagar been anxious to
comply with the wishes of the British Besident
there can be no doubt that Salim would have been
forcibly and permanently removed from the island,
agreement was arrived at, and Salim, who at the
time of his deposition was at Abu Musa, was
permitted by his successor to reside there. The
agreement, however, did not work satisfactorily.
Under these circumstances Sagar writes to the
British resident to the effect that three courses are
open: (a) that Salim should give a guarantee that he
will do nothing to disturb the maritime truce ; (h)
that the British Government should remove him
from the island ; (c) that the British Government
should stand aside while Sagar dealt with Salim
.as he thought fit. In both letters he states
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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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- Title
- File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide
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- 1r:19r, 20v, 22v:24r, 25r, 26v, 30v, 32r:33v, 66r:66v, 71r:71v, 74r:74v, 82r:83v, 86r:86v, 98r:98v, 120r:120v, 147r:147v, 151r:152v, 161r:161v, 163r:163v, 176r:177r, 179r:179v, 182r:183v, 217r:218v, 226r:227v, 232r:232v, 235r:235v, 241r:243v, 250r:250v, 252r:254v, 256r:256v, 260r:260v, 265r:265v, 270r:270v, 291r:291v
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