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File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide [15v] (30/592)
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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1907, to Sheikh Sagar (Appendix 27), which also
proves that he did not consider Hassan as having
authority to conclude the contract without con
sulting his partners.
His Majesty’s Government are therefore of
opinion :—
1. I hat Hassan had no authority to conclude
the contract in question without the consent of
his partners.
2. That Nejef was a partner on the same terms
as the others.
3. That neither Nejef, Malcolm, nor Esa ever
approved the agreement, but, on the contrary, at
least two of them, when they heard of the terms,
formally expressed their disapproval.
4. That even if any expression of approval can
be deduced from the terms of Abdul Latif’s letter
dated the 14th June, 1906, it was given in ignor
ance of the most important terms of the contract,
which had been wrongfully concealed by Hassan
from his partners, and that on hearing of those
terms Abdul Latif emphatically repudiated the
transaction.
IV.
< * 1
The agreement with Mr. Wonckhaus is advan- p.
tageous to the mining company, so that the
partners have not been injured by Hassan
Samaih s action as manager.
It is not considered necessary to consider again
the question whether the agreement was finan- P-
cially fur the benefit of the company, especially
as, no accounts ever having been rendered by
Hassan to his partners, it is impossible to test the
accuracy of the books as now quoted. It is onlv
necessary to remark that at least two of the
partners considered that the arrangement w^as
not advantageous to the company, and formally
protested against it. It may also be added that,
if it really was to the benefit of the company to
enter into the contract, it becomes more difficult
than ever to account for Hassan’s anxiety to
conceal its terms from his associates. It is possible,
however, that this desire for concealment was due
to a feeling that the contract might impair the
relations between the company and the sheikh, in
which case it would not be to the advantage of
the company, even though financially it might
have led to an increased revenue.
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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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- File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide
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