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File 4949/1912 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide’ [57r] (118/566)
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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merchants other than Messrs Strict, and no oxide has "been
delivered to any other merchant.
(c) There is no oxide ready for shipment at present, and it
would take 3 months at least after mining had been restarted
before even 1,000 tons of oxide could be ready for export, and
it would not be worth while to commence mining operations for
a smaller amount than that.
It must also be remembered that owing to climatic condi
tions mining operations cannot be carried on during the hot
test months of the hot weather i.e. about middle of May to
middle of September.
(d) in alternative source of supply exists on the Island of
Abu Musa in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. This island does not belong to
Persia hut forms part of the territories of the Sheikh of
Shargah, one of the Arab Sheikhs on the "Trucial Coast” enjoy
ing British protection. Messrs Strick have just intimated
their desire to open negotiations immediately with the sheikh
of Shargah with a view to securing an exclusive concession
extending over a period of 5 yeans for working this oxide,
and I am now awaiting the sanction of the Government of India
to proceed with the negotiations.
I have good reason^ to believe that the Sheikh will not be
averse from granting such a concession, if he is guaranteed
a minimum amount of royalty per annum.
The quality of the Abu Musa oxide is, I understand, slight
ly inferior in quality to that on Hormuz, but it is, I believe,
of (jiite good quality and finds a ready sale.
The mines used to be worked by the natives, but have lain
idle since just before the war. In 1906 Messrs. Wonckhaus and
Company secured a contract to take all the oxide from the
island for 4 years from Hassan bin Samayeh a native of Lingah
who as a partner with two other persons, had a concession from
the Sheikh of shargah. Hassan bin Samayeh contracted with
Messrs. Wonckhaus to supply them with 2,000-5,000 tons annually.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- File 4949/1912 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 10r:13v, 15r:24v, 28r:29v, 32r:35v, 41r:48v, 51r:52v, 54r:67v, 74r:75v, 77r:81v, 84r:90v, 92r:94v, 96r:100v, 102r:116v, 117ar:117av, 117r:119v, 119ar:119av, 120r:141v, 153r:180v, 182r:183v, 185r:215v, 218r:222v, 227r:236v, 238r:257v, 260r:260v, 262r:278v, back-i
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