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File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.' [21r] (46/488)
The record is made up of 1 volume (240 folios). It was created in 18 May 1905-11 Dec 1916. 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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Enclosure No. 6.
Foreign Office to
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.
.
136.
No. 15,E
I he Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs nresent^
oS ScreL^^sUf to ecret rr f Sta ^ e f01 ' India ’ and ’ ljy direction
paper ^ * b ’ tlanSmlts he rewith copy of the under-mentioned
Foreign Office,
24th May 1907.
Reference to previous letter.
Foreign Office, 29th November 1906.
Despatch from Sir C. Spring-Rice, No. 76, of 23rd April, and
enclosines, legardmg the Sponge Syndicate’s Concession in Persian
Oruil.
Annex 1.
Sir C. Spring-Rice to Foreign Office.
Tehran,
23rd April 1907.
In my Despatch No. 275 of 7th November last, I had the
honour to transmit to you copy of a note which I had addressed to the
Persian Government warning them that the concession which they had
recently granted for sponge fishing in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
might be abused,
and that any amplification of it which might interfere with the pearl
fishery in those waters would be likely to raise serious difficulties.
I now have the honour to transmit further correspondence which has
passed between the Persian Foreign Office and this Legation on the
subject.
You will see from the Ala es Sultaneh’s note of the 19th ultimo that
the Persian Government deny that the Sponge Syndicate are authorised
to interfere in any way with the pearl fishery in the Gulf.
As the concession to the National Bank contained a clause giving the
Bank the right of exploiting the Persian pearl fisheries, I considered it
would be prudent to enter a renewed caveat as to the rights acquired by
British protected Arabs, by way of lease. I explained verbally to the
Foreign Minister the purpose of my note, and he assured me that,
according to Mahommedan law, due respect would be paid to acquired
rights in any concession made to the National Bank or any other
institution.
I have, &c.,
The Right Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Bart. Omitted.
&c., &c., &c.
Ala es Sultaneh to Sir C. Spring Rice.
19th March 1907.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of 20th
October 1906, making certain statements regarding the Sponge
S. 22.
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The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to exploit the Gulf's pearl banks, which entailed the risk of infringing Britain's treaty obligations with the Arab states.
The principal correspondents are the Foreign Office; Major Percy Zachariah Cox, acting as Consul-General for Fars, Khuzistan etc., and 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. ; officials of the 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. and the Government of India; the Viceroy of India (the Earl of Minto); and the Sponge Exploration Syndicate Limited.
The papers include: letters of application for concession rights from the company; the granting of a concession to the company by the Government of Persia; the granting of a concession to the company by the Sultan of Muscat; a report by the British Museum, on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as a possible area for successful sponge fisheries (folios 175-176); the involvement of the company with the rulers of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; and the rights of British-protected Arabs. The volume also contains an Admiralty chart of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on folio 50.
The French language content of the volume consists of an agreement on folios 129-131.
The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence. This is mainly dated 1905-09, with one item dated 1916. The correspondence also includes enclosures dated 1892 (folios 214-215).
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 1).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (240 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2830 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Sponge and Pearl Fisheries) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/456-457. The volumes are divided into two parts with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 242; 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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- File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:9v, 11r:11v, 13r:18v, 21r:33v, 36r:49v, 51r:70v, 73r:83v, 85r:89v, 90v:98v, 99v:128v, 132r:157v, 165r:199v, 203r:209v, 211r:220v, 223r:233v, 236r:238v, 241r:241v, back-i
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