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'14/115 XI B 54 Abu Musa Oxide' [‎192r] (400/432)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (207 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1935-31 Mar 1939. 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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Bombay House; n '
g, Lualow Castle Road,
Delhi.
Dear \ r. wadley,
i£_Q.xidss.
ihe Dyestufis Iroup who are interested in pigpients and
Iron Oxides at present pea purchase the Persian G -ulf Red Oxide
which is mined in the island of Ormuz in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and
ey a/e paruicularly anxious to obtain an alternative aource
of supply.
-hey tninK that there are other islands in the ksixsia
Persian G-ulf, such as Abu Musa or Bu Musa, v^iere deposits of
^erric Oxides are to be lound, but after ma^inp; exhaustive
enquiries in Calcutta, we have been unable to obtain any
definite information.
The Greological Survey of India think that it is possibl
to obtain information on this subject through the foreign
and Political Departments of the Government of India, Delhi,
since at one time the Geological Survey of India had done work
in Southern Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for that Depsrtoient.
Wediall be obliged therefore if you will get in touch with
the Department concerned and let us have as much information
as possible on the following points;
a. Lames of the islands (excepting Qmuz) in the Persian
Gulf wh^re deposits of Ferric oxides m Commercial
quantities are found,
b. Location and qualities and quantities available,
c. whether the deposits are being worked commercially, and
if so, by whom?
d. by which G-ovemment are the individual islands controlled?
We shall be very much obliged if you can let us have
an early reply to this letter.
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-.

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This file is a collection of correspondence between British officials in London, Delhi, Bushire, Bahrain, Sharjah and Teheran over the rights to mine red oxide on Abu Musa, an island in the Gulf claimed by Sharjah. The main correspondents are: 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. , Whitehall (John Gilbert Laithwaite); Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar of Sharjah; 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. (Trenchard Craven Fowle); Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain (Gordon Loch); Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Hajji Yusuf Kanoo (trader in Bahrain); Commander R.C. Bayldon; the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The correspondence relates to a contract for the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa. British officials helped facilitate the completion of the contract although the Iranians claimed the island as their territory and raised objections to the issuance of the contract. The final contract specified that Commander Bayldon will pay a minimum of 2000 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a year in royalties to the Shaikh of Sharjah. The British warned Commander R.C. Bayldon that as it becomes known to the Iranians that he has taken rights to mining on Abu Musa that he will be barred from the higher quality Hormuz ore mines. The file includes a letter from 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. with a list of islands in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 'known or presumed to contain Ferric Oxide'. The file is mostly in English with some letters in Arabic.

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1 volume (207 folios)
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Foliation: Foliation begins on the first folio of typescript and runs through from number 1 to number 139. Folio number 139 has been paginated in error so that it has the number 139 on its recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and 140 on its verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. . The next folio has the number 141, meaning that folio 140 does not exist in this volume. The foliation sequence resumes at number 141 and continues through to number 208, which is the inside of the back cover of the volume. It should be noted that a letter sequence has been introduced to resolve an anomaly in the foliation sequence: previously, the number 43 was used to denote three separate folios; this sequence now reads as 43, 43A, and 43B. The foliation sequence is written in pencil in the top right corner of each folio.

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