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File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide [‎17v] (34/592)

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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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action of Hassan. It may be mentioned that so
far from Sheikh Sagar having “ put in his pocket P- l 6 -
the whole valuable object in connection with
which the company was founded,” the result of
his action has been that no revenue has been
received from the mines from that day to this.
The question whether Wdnckhaus and Co. can
be considered as interested in the company is
considered below.
It is no doubt unfortunate that the company
has been unable to resume its operations since the
cancellation, but,' as has been pointed out above,
that is not the- fault of the sheikh, but is due to
the course which affairs have taken.
IX.
Sakar's proceedings, then, are clearly a violation P-
of law—an exercise of arbitrary power.
The German Government do not suggest what
law it is that was violated by Sagar’s proceedings.
His Majesty’s Government have already pointed
out that the sheikh’s right to cancel the concession
is one that cannot be questioned, and that it is a
mistake to consider his action as an adjudication of
the rights of the parties as between themselves.
His Majesty’s Government must also repeat,
that even if Sagar’s proceedings were “ a violation
of law,” the question would be, under the circum
stances, one which could only concern the sheikh
and His Majesty’s Government.
His Majesty’s Government regret that they are p. 29.
entirely unable to recognise Messrs.. WSnckhaus
and Co. as in any way concerned in the present
question. It is clear that Messrs. Wonckhaus
had a trood cause of action for breach of contract
against Hassan; or, if the contention of the
German Government were correct, that the con
tract was binding on the partnership, they would
have a cause of action against the partnership.
They have never attempted to avail themselves
of either of these remedies. It is obvious, there
fore, that Messrs. Wbnckhaus can have no claim
against Sheikh Sagar in their capacity as parties
to the contract, whether it was made with Hassan
or with the mining company.

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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)
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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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