File 3615/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Moin-ut-Tujjar's concessions'

Content

The volume contains correspondence relating to the grant of mineral concessions by the Persian Government to the Persian merchant Haji Agha Mohammed Moin-ut-Tojar Dehdashty (referred to as Muin-ut-Tujjar), and the award of export sales contracts for the mined Hormuz oxide to the two rival British companies Frank C Strick Company Limited of London and Messrs Ellinger and Company of Manchester. The main correspondents are British officials in the Foreign Office and 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. in London, the British Minister at Tehran, 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 and the Viceroy of India. Their correspondence includes English translations of Muin-ut-Tujjar’s concessions of 1904 and 1913 to mine red oxide, salt and sulphur in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. islands of Hormuz, Kishm, Larak, Henjam and the ports of Bostaneh and Bander Khamir. There are also letters and telegrams between Frank C Strick & Company Limited and their agent in Teheran, together with a copy in English of their export sales contract with the Persian Government for Hormuz red oxide. There is a small amount of correspondence in French, mainly between Belgian civil servants employed in Persian Customs administration in Teheran and the port of Bunder Abbas.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject and part number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (288 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3615 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. – Moin-ut-Tujjar’s concessions) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/408-409. The volumes are divided into three parts, with part 1 comprising one volume, and parts 2 and 3 comprising the second volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 290; 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.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/408

Former external reference(s)

P 3615/1913

History of this record

Date(s)

1913-1916 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Mineral resourcesConcessions

Places

Bandar Abbas

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeViceroy and Governor-General of India in CouncilFrank C Strick and Company Limited, shipping company

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