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File 4949/1912 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide’ [156v] (321/566)
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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it for shipment, and that there was a good price for the stuff in market, and
that Wonekhaus has incurred a loss owing to the prohibition.
To answer Wonckhaus’ claim. From the date of the contract made m
June 1900 by Hassan bin Somaiyah with Wonckhaus up to the 16th July
1907, has been a period of 13£ months, and there was no obstacle, in any
way, during this period for Hassan bin Somaiyah and Wonckhaus. In the
course of that time they shipped only two consignments-one of 300 tons by
the S.S. Naseri on the 2nd June 1907, the whole of which was from the
oxide mined 5—6 years before the contract of June 1906, and the other of
900 tons by the S.S. Teutonia on the 16th July 1907, most of which was
from the oxide mined 5-6 years prior to the contract of June 1906 and some
of which was from the oxide excavated in the course of the said contract as
1 have stated above, and nothing more was shipped. Had there been any
truth in his claim, how could he be satisfied with these two consignments?
It is clear that neither Hassau bin Somaiyah could have mined and prepared
that quantity nor was the stuff in demand. When Wonckhaus shipped
those two consignments, he had other objects and intentions. Further, it is
certain that, both these two consignments were from out of the former heaps
as has been stated above. Under these circumstances, how can it be
admitted that Wonckhaus required 2,000 tons oxide per annum and that
there was a good market for the stuff, and further that he could have been
supplied and Hassan bin Somaiyah could have mined and prepared (that
quantity) ?' Had this been the case, why did Wonckhaus not take 2,000 tons
of oxide from Hassan bin Somaiyah during the 13J months when there
was nothing to prevent both parties? This point fully explains the nature
of the said claim.
If the exalted British Government intend to settle the case by paying
Wonckhaus a certain sum with a view to preventing the matter to drag
on for a long time and putting a stop to Wonckhaus’ interference with
this question, it woidd be good, if the sum is not great.
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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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