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'14/115 V (B 8) ABU MUSA OXIDE QUESTION' [‎51r] (118/661)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (322 folios). It was created in 29 Nov 1908-17 Feb 1910. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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& t. j .malcolm.
T elegraphic address-
M ALCOLM. BUSH IRE'.'
Daar Kfaj or rex,
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I am In receipt of your letter of yesterdaj 1 s
date and I hasten to thank you most sincerely and gratefully both
on behalf of Messrs Shriek and myself for the valuable and instruc
tive information therein contained .as also for the interest you are
so kindly taking ir tM matter of oxides of iron generally and the
good will and assistance you are giving us, and without which.we feel
sure, we cannot make any progress in the projects /,s nave in view.
ABU Ml'SA :We note your having kindly wired to Karachi lor some gear
for working the mines at Abu Musa and which no doubt must
have ere this arrived at Liny a. In accordance with Captain Trevor's
lette" of I8th ultimo we instructed our Buarah friends,both by wire
and letter,to prepare and forward 7000 baskets and POO mats to Linga.
These have now been shipped by the S.S." Africa"for transhipment U
at Bunder Abbas and which should reach Linga about the Ilth instant.
We are advising Khan Sahib Aga Bader of this shipment by wire both
via Henjam and Bunder Abbas.
The quantity required by Messrs Strick for the trial sample
shipment, is 4 to *>00 tons at ft price of 16/6 per ton f.Owb. Abi
Musa,and to be from the same mine 1, as the sample kindly supplied us
by you Rome time a^o. Should the quality of the trial shipment be
approved of,the business will natui^Ily and gradually develop to an
appreciable extent. We presume pHce and conditiors for future
shipments will have to be arranged and agreed upon.
. / 00048 ^
' J/■/.)////'r.
bth March 1909.

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Correspondence relating to the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa island. Includes the memorandum of the Foreign Office on the matter and the report of Captain Moore. Also discussed are the 'intrigues' of Muhammad Abdullah of Lingah and the Strick company's activities in taking possession of 500 tons of freshly mined oxide. Includes an estimate of costs involved in starting efficient mining operations on Abu Musa Island and a map of the mine with key (folio 92) as well as two other sketch maps of Abu Musa Island.

Correspondents include: Major Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Spencer Harcourt Butler, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Calcutta; 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, Lingah; Arshem and Tigranes J. Malcolm; Shaikh Saggar bin Khalid, Chief of Sharjah.

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1 volume (322 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file. The front of the file has an index of list of topics.

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Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio including the covers.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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