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File 4949/1912 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide’ [‎46r] (96/566)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (277 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1912-15 May 1923. It was written in English and French. 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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of it, however, was to cause a certain amount of opposition
in the Majlis particularly on the part of deputies hostile to
Qawam es Saltaneh and support is said to have been given to the
American offer hy Mirza Reza Khan Afshar, Persian Assistant to
the American Administrator General of Persian Finances who is
in close touch with Hussein Khan Alai and received details of
the American- offer from the latter for publication when the
Prime Minister refused to give them adequate publicity in the
Majlis.
It appears from Your Lordship's despatch under
reference that Messrs.Frank Strick and Company are not grealy
concerned with the maintenance of their option to renew their
present concession at Hormuz and the local agent for this
firm, Mr. Ardeshir Edulgi, who has been in close contact with
the Legation and the Majlis Deputies in this matter, is of
the opinion that Messrs. Frank Strick and Company's interests
would bast be served if Moin-ut-Tujjar obtains the concession
since he is not in a position himself to export the Oxide and
iMessrs, btrick have exceptional, if not unique facilities.for
I
|its shipment to America.
In the present temper of the Majlis it is certain
that any attempt to enforce Messrs. Stride's prior rights would
merely lead to the grant of the concession to Haji Moin-ut-
Tujjar and for these reasons His Majesty's Minister has refrain
ed from pressing the Persian Government to renew Messrs, i’rank
Strick's concession.
As yet the Bill for the concession has only passed
its first reading in the Majlis and the insertion of the clause
nullifying Haji Moin's previous claims on the Persian Government
has not been made. Most of the articles have, however, been
referred to the Majlis Commission for amendment and it is
confidently asserted that the insertion of this clause is sine
qua ...•

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Copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the mining of red oxide on the island of Abū Mūsá in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , before and after the First World War. The volume’s principal correspondents are: 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); Foreign Office officials (chiefly Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe); representatives of the British firm Frank C Strick & Company Limited (including Frank Clarke Strick); representatives of the German firm Robert Wönckhaus & Company.

Correspondence dated 1912 to 1913 refers to informal negotiations between Foreign 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. representatives, the German Ambassador to London, and Robert Wönckhaus & Company, over the payment of compensation to Robert Wönckhaus & Company for loss of income and the relinquishment of concession rights for the mining of red oxide at Abū Mūsá, in the wake of the withdrawal of the concession by the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Seker [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Khālid Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ] in 1907.

Correspondence dated 1914 concerns assessments, submitted by representatives of Frank C Strick & Company Limited, and analysed by the British Government’s Board of Trade, on the value and deterioration in quality of the red oxide left by Robert Wönckhaus & Co at Abū Mūsá.

Correspondence dated 1921 to 1923 relates to: Frank C Strick & Company’s concession negotiations with the Shaikh of Sharjah, over red oxide extraction at Abū Mūsá, mediated through 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. ; reports of concession negotiations undertaken by Persian commercial interests for red oxide mining on the island of Hormuz [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz, also referred to in the volume as Ormuz]; diplomatic exchanges between representatives of the British and Persian Government (some in French) over historic Persian claims to the islands in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Abū Mūsá and Tamb [Tunb].

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1 volume (277 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 4949 (Abu Musa oxide) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/318-323. The volumes are divided into six parts, with each part comprising one volume. Part 6 (IOR/L/PS/10/323) is missing.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 279; 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.

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English and French in Latin script
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