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File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide [5r] (9/592)
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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the Second German Memorandum, and His
Majesty’s Government cannot accept the latter
as accurate.
As the German Government are no doubt
aware, and as will be shown later, the dragoman
Mirza Hussein has now been shown to be a
person on whose statements no reliance can be
placed; further, lie could not speak Arabic, and
the interpreter was Abdullah-bin-Hassan-Samieh,
Hassan Samieh’s son, a person who was interested
in putting such a statement into the sheikh’s
mouth.
p. 8. His Majesty’s Government are disposed to agree
that the meaning of the sentence in the sheikh’s
letter “ and the lease has remained up till now ”
is probably that Sagar acquiesced in the conces
sion when he returned from Mecca, as is stated
by both the sheikhs (First British Memorandum,
Appendices 1 and 5). At the time the letter was
written nothing had occurred to make Sagar con
sider the cancellation of the concession advisable.
His Majesty’s Government cannot agree that
Sagar’s statement that he voluntarily assigned
the rent of 250 French reals to Salim is “an
ex parte statement for which there is no proof ” ;
it is evidence of the best kind, and is supported
by Salim’s statement, “ When I leased the mines
of Abu Musa I was officiating on your behalf, and
the concession was given by proxy for you ”
(First British Memorandum, Appendix 1), which
shows clearly that Salim would not have received
the rent from the mines if it had not been granted
him by Sagar. The alleged facts with which the
statement is said to be inconsistent are considered
below. His Majesty’s Government would point
out that the phrase “ the amount previously
promised or to a little over that amount ” is an
incorrect reproduction of Sagar’s words; the
Arabic is “ wa ziyadeh,” i.e., “ and over ” or “ and
more.”
p. 9. The suggestion made by the German Govern
ment that Sheikh Sagar’s right to pasturage on
Abu Musa may be merely a servitude to which
the private property in the island is subject is
entirely unsupported by evidence, and is not
borne out by Major Cox’s report (First British
Memorandum, Appendix 6), to which reference is
made).
[926]
pp. 8, 9.
p. 9.
p. 8.
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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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