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'B.11 668-II Sirri Island' [‎86r] (172/294)

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The record is made up of 1 file (146 folios). It was created in 31 May 1904-25 Oct 1910. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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(Received on the 2'7th September igo8, under cover of a letter from His Britannic
•Majest^Minister^ Tehran^ No, 16, dated the 20th August igo8)
culahak;
August 2oth l igoS,
NCK 226.
Sir,
In the course of conversation some weeks ago on the subject of the
acquisition of a concession for mining red oxide in the island of Sirri,
Eftekhar-et-Tujjar, Tehran, representative of the firm of Haji Ali Akbar and
Company, stated that the Persian Government derived an annual revenue of 100
tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. from that island. As the matter seemed to me to be of some importance
as bearing upon the Persian claim to Sovereignty over Sirri island, I requested
the Acting Consul General at Bushire to endeavour to verify the truth of the
statement.
Captain Trevor has now furnished me with the following information on the
subject. More than 150 years ago the Jowasmi Sheikhs appear to have crossed
over to the mainland and to have taken possession of Lingah and down to 1887
members of their ruling families were Sheikhs of Lingah. They gradually came
under the domination of Persia though at first practically independent, and
having become Governors, or Deputy Governors of Lingah, subordinate to the
Province of Pars, paid as much revenue to the Governor of Fars as he could
extort from them. During this time, however, they continued to collect
revenue from Sirri island and continued to rule it in their capacity as Jowasmi
Sheikhs. An expedition which occasioned a protest on the part of His Majesty's
Government was sent to annex Sirri island to Persia in i887 subsequent to the
deposition by the Persian Authorities of the Sheikh from the Governorship of
Lingah, Since that date the Deputy Governor of Lingah, now a Persian
official, has collected the revenue, at first in kind, at the rate previously exacted
by the Jowasmi Sheikhs, t e., half a bag of rice for a small pearl fishing boat, and
one bag for a large boat; latterly this has been converted to a cash payment of
about 100 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. {£ 20) a year.
I have the honour to be, with the highest respect,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
(Signed) CHARLES M. MARLING.
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Baronet,
etc., etc., etc.

G. c. B. P., Simla —No. C..398 F. D,—8-1o-oS.—30.—E. A. D'S.

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This file contains correspondence mostly concerning the island of Sirri [Sirrī], as well as other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. islands, including Tanb [Ṭanb] and Lesser Tanb, Farur [Farūr] and Lesser Farur, Dalmah [Dalmā], Halul island [Ḥālūl], Sir Abu Nu'ayr [Ṣīr Abū Nu‘ayr], and Sir Bani Yas [Ṣīr Banī Yās]. These papers contain details concerning the status of these islands, as well as geographical and topographical information, including details of mineral deposits.

The correspondence in this file is between the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire; ‘Abd al-Laṭīf, 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 at Sharjah; ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf, acting 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 at Sharjah; Āghā Muḥammad Amīn Badr, 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 at Lingah; Ṣaqr bin Khālid 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. , ruler of Sharjah; T J Malcolm, Bushire; and various British officials in the Foreign Department of the Government of India.

There is a file index on folio 2. Subjects include: Muin's [Moin-ut-Tujjar] claims to Sirri (folios 103, 121); connection of Sirri question with that of fisheries (folio 15); Hajji Ali Akbar [Ḥājjī ‘Alī Akbār]'s attitude oxide at Sirri (folios 39-47, 79, 84, 124); Strick's enquiries on oxide at Sirri (folios 90-91); Abdullah bin Hassan Galadari [‘Abdullāh bin Ḥassan Jaladārī] (folio 55-56); German visits to Sirri (folio 73); status of Nabiyu Tanb island (folios 92, 100); status Farur and Nabiya Farur islands (folios 88, 100, 121); oxide on Dalmah island (folio 100); oxide on Sir Abu Nu'air island (folios 100, 130-131); oxide on Halul islands (folios 100, 115); manganese on Halul island (folios 130-131); Sir Bani Yas island (folios 130-131); note on Sirri island (folios 25-27); situation at Sirri Island in 1904 (folios 8-15); the Jowasimis [Āl Qawāsim 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. ] occupation of Sirri (folio 62).

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1 file (146 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chornological order.

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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. A second incomplete mixed foliation/pagination sequence runs in parallel between ff. 4-143; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, 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, along with the corresponding top left (sometimes) of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. side. The file contains the following foliation amendments: 109, and 109A; 114, and 114A; 116, and 116A.

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