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File 4949/1912 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide’ [‎198r] (404/566)

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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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theirV^oTTnfit’ V 6 figU y e j°*/- 3s - Sd \ P er ton r llioh th ? fi ™ claim to have been
lfifiS >F >7 tn -I!’ a, , e acce Pted, this would result in an estimate for compensation of
i ’ j - / V ^ 1C s 9 me ® um have to be added to meet the first two items of the
head (a) ot the claim, the other claims under that head being disallowed. It will of
fcourse be reqiusite that the firm's figure of 33a. 3d. profit per ton be most carefully
' jonm'-iV f bl “ s wll ° may be appointed to investigate the whole matter.
. , " nil f “ e -Doard are of opinion that compensation to Messrs. Wonckhaus
mig t properly be based on the general principles indicated in the foregoing
paragraphs, they are not in a position to check Messrs. Wonckhans’s figures or to
a vance any estimate other than the very rough calculation contained in the
immediately preceding paragraph — of the amount of compensation to he paid to that
nrm. n particular they have no information as to (1) the average market price of red
oxide on the continent during the unexpired term of the contract, or what that price
would have been had the contract been permitted to run— t.e., whether the prices would
have been depressed by the addition of the produce of the Abu Musa mines to the
world s supply, (2) what toe average cost of freight, insurance, and commission for
the carriage of the oxide to Europe would have amounted to in the period ; (3) whether
it would have been possible for the Abu Musa Companv to have mined more than, or
as much as, the 2,0()() tons per annum stipulated in the contract during its unexpired
portion , and (4) whether the quality of the oxide from the Abu Musa mines w r as up to
average standard.
14. The foregoing points, together with the items 1 and 2 of head (a) above
referred to, might, in the Board’s view, properly form the subject of an investigation
by compeient arbitrators, to whom the evidence available from Messrs. AVonckhaus’s
books in respect of the trial, shipment, and from other sources could be submitted.
As regards the tribunal to which this enquiry should be entrusted, the Board note that
the German Government in their Memorandum, copy of which formed one of the
enclosures in your letter under reply, appear to contemplate the submission of the case
to a mercantile expert in London, and they are accordingly disposed to suggest for
Sir E. Grey’s consideration that, for the purposes of a commercial ascertainment of
the facts, no better tribunal could be suggested than a court of arbitration appointed
by the London Chamber of Commerce.
15. Information wdth regard to the two points referred to in the paragraph of this
letter, numbered 9, may perhaps best be obtained from Messrs. AVonckhaus direct
before any reference is made to arbitration.
I am, &c.
GEO. J. STANLEY.
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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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