PZ 7629/1934 ‘Messrs Wonckhaus’s claim in respect of Abu Musa oxide’
IOR/L/PS/12/121
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The record is made up of 1 file (29 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1934-30 Sep 1935. It was written in English. 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 file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the claim of Robert Wonkhaus and Company, Hamburg, for financial compensation for loss due to the interruption of their contract for purchasing red oxide at Abu Musa from a concessionaire, following the cancellation of the concession by the Shaikh of Shargah [Sharjah]. Negotiations had taken place with the company before the First World War, but the question of compensation due to them was left undecided by the outbreak of the War.
It includes correspondence between M J Clauson, 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. and Gustav Zinnow, a partner in the company Robert Wonkhaus and Company, including a letter from Clauson to Zinnow of 30 September 1939, stating that he is directed to inform Zinnow that there is no prospect of HM Government or the Government of India being able to favourably consider Zinnow’s representations for compensation (folio 2). The file also includes correspondence between Clauson and Thompson, Quarrell and Company, Solicitors, and other related correspondence and papers, such as a statement on the case by Zinnow (folios 20 to 24).
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- 1 file (29 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 29; 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.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/121
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- PZ 7629/1934
- Date(s)
- 11 Dec 1934-30 Sep 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/121
- Title
- PZ 7629/1934 ‘Messrs Wonckhaus’s claim in respect of Abu Musa oxide’
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- 11r, 12r:12v, 20r:24v, 26r:26v
- Author
- Zinnow, Gustav
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- Title
- PZ 7629/1934 ‘Messrs Wonckhaus’s claim in respect of Abu Musa oxide’
- Pages
- 25r:25v
- Author
- Beit, Sir Alfred
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- Title
- PZ 7629/1934 ‘Messrs Wonckhaus’s claim in respect of Abu Musa oxide’
- Pages
- 1r:10v, 13r:19v, 27r:29v
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