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File 4949/1912 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide’ [104v] (213/566)
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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The negotiations rrith Messrs, fonckhaus before the war was not
completed, so far as our records show. On July 20th, 1914 the
Foreign}After consultation with this Office, asked the Board of Trade
^ pccom-oanv m offer to Messrs. 'Jonckhaus of £2000
t-0 prepare a meiAO. - i O — cc^.rj . -- ■■
in full settlement of their claims (P.2872).
It does not appear whether anything further occurred; in view of^
the leisurely manner in which the whole transaction had proceeded and the
short interval before war with Germany ensued it seems improbable
that anything further did happen; w ; tne foreign -ill be
able to say.
It is however not at all clear that the completion or non-completion
of that affair is necessarily relevant to the question o. now
inducing the Sheikh of Shargah to grant a British subject a
concession for exploiting the oxide deposits in Abu Musa Island. It
depends on the precise scope of the projected concession; Aether
it is for mining the oxide and exporting it, or for exporting
staff mined by a local concessionaire, or possibly for exporting Jie
oxide'already mined by^the previous concessionaires. (-'.3. the word
njX.-gjf 4 oxid^r° "Without recapitulating at length the controversy Jj |
which dragged on from 1907 to 1914 it may be pointed out that the
British case against Messrs. Wbnckhaus always maintained tnat the
cancellation by the Sheikh (in February 1907) of the original concession
was perfectly regular and that Messrs, "fonckhaus' claim to have
any part in the minina concession was invalid,- based as it was on
shares sold by one of the original concessionaries to Mr. T. Brown
(Wonckhaus' employee) eight months after notice of cancellation had
been given by the Sheikh,and on the very day uiiat warning of forciW.^)£ji
eviction was given. To the second British memo: (6 December 1911)
stating His Majesty’s Government's case,,the Germans made no reply and
presumably they accepted it. The subsequent stages were devoted to
negotiations with Messrs. Wonckhaus for compensation fo» lo>-~> mie
the interruption (consequent on the cancellation of u/ie^conc^ssion)
of their free-on-board contract for purchtsing,shipping/marxeoing
+.Vip mnHft mined. At one time Messrs, -.oncknans demanded :
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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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- 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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