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'14/115 IV B. 7. Abu Musa' [‎56r] (118/571)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (281 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1908-24 Nov 1908. 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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(Beceived, on 6th January 1908, with political Secretary's letter No. 51,
dated the 20th December 1907.)
M essrs . S teick & Co., to the 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. .
Baltic House, Leadenliall, Street; E.G.,
12th December 1907.
S ir,
With reference to the correspondence exchanged between the 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 ourselves, in regard to the Red Oxide of Iron mined at the Island of Ab-
Musa, and specially to the letter from the 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. , dated 21st August last
and our reply of 22n)i idem, we beg to say that, by last Eastern Mail, we
received a letter from our Agent at Bunder Abbas, Haji Hussein Gelladary,
a copy of which we enclose herewith.
On receipt of this letter, we cabled to our Busreh Manager, Mr. Chistopher
Darby, instructing him to hold himself in readiness to proceed at an early date
to Sharga, with a view to making a contract with the Sheikh of Shargah foi
the output of the Oxide mined at Abu Musa.
Mr. Darby cabled in reply that he was ready to proceed to Shargah by
our Steamship Luristan leaving Basrah in a few days, but, before giving
him definite instructions to go, we should like to know whether the Govern
ment of India would prefer our postponing his visit to Sbarga, until a more
opportune time, in view of the fact that, in to-day's '' Standard, an incident is
reported to have taken place recently at the Island of Abu Musa.
Although the " Standard " report gives a different version of the incident
to that given by our Agent, Haji Hussein Gelladary, yet in a way, it tends
to confirm the fact that some such incident has taken place.
Of course should Mr. Darby proceed to Sharga, and succeed in making
a contract with the Sheikh of that place for the output of Oxide from Abu
Musa, we should not take any steps under any such contract until we had the
authority of the Government of India to do so, as promised in our letter of
22nd August last.
With regard to the Oxide mined at the Island of Ormuz, we have
received no further advances towards making a new contract from either the
Mouin-ut-Tujar or his English Agents, Messrs. Ellinger & Company of Man
chester, although, in previous years, the contract tor the succeeding year has
generally been completed during the months of October and November. If,
by any chance, the Mouin-ut-Tujar has made a contract with the Germans,
or the Belgians, for the output of his Oxide from Ormuz, we shall be all the
more anxious to secure the contract for the output of Oxide from the Island
of Abu Musa.
We have, etc.,
EEED G. JONAS,
for Franh C. Strich 8f Co., Ltd,

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Correspondence concerning Abu Musa island. Correspondence discusses British memorandum of 1908; the German case relating to their mining operations; the Persian claim to Abu Musa, Sirri and Tunb [Tumb]; the role of Hassan bin Samaiyah and the contract with the German company Wonckhaus. Corrrespondents include 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. ; Frank C. Strick and Co.; German Consulate, Bandar Abbas; H.M. Consulate Bandar Abbas; Deputy Secretary to the Government of India; Khan Bakadur Abdur Latif [Khan Bahadur Abd al-Latif], 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 Sharjah; Khalid bin Ahmad, Sheikh of Sharjah.

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1 volume (281 folios)
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An index at the front of the file gives subjects covered by the file.

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This volume has three foliation sequences. The first begins with the first letter and runs from number 1 through to number 55. There follows a gap of one folio, and then a second foliation sequence starts on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. side of what would have been number 56 in the first foliation sequence. This sequence is inconsistent in that it is paginated from number 56 up to number 109, where it then lapses back into foliation and runs through to number 332, the last typescript folio. The third and most recent foliation sequence begins on the first typescript folio, which is loose. It runs from number 1 through to number 281, which is the inside of the back cover. It should be noted that folio 60 in this sequence is followed by folio 60 A, which is then followed by number 61. The first foliation sequence is written in blue and red crayon, in the top right corner of each folio. The second foliation sequence (which contains some pagination) is written in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio (and in the top left corner of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. side of those folios that are paginated). The third foliation sequence, which should be used for cataloguing, is written and circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio.

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