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'File No. II/9 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Persian Gulf, Maskat & Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf. Nov '07 - Dec '08.' [47r] (95/132)
The record is made up of 1 volume (63 folios). It was created in 1 Oct 1905-19 Jan 1914. It was written in English. 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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PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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173. With a view to prevent the export
, trade of arms to Somali-
Arms trafflo at Maskat. i i i i ,
land, steps have been
taken to station a gun-boat at Maskat during
October.
174. {Vide para. 89, May 1908.) On
“The Abu Musa Red. the 2nd June 1908,
Oxide concession. the Secretary of State
for India telegraphed that Major Cox should
be instructed to request the local representative
of Messrs. Wonckhaus to give due notice when
the firm intended to resame operations with a
view to the necessary arrangements being made
for the temporary supply to them of oxide
to enable them to fulfil contracts pending the
final decision of the case. A statement of the
instructions issued to Major Cox on the point
would be added to the reply of His Majesty’s
Government to the German case. These
orders were communicated to Major Cox on
the 4th June.
On the 8th June, Major Cox reported
that be had informed Hr. Listemann, the
German Consul-General at Bushire, that the
Sheikh of Shargah had been advised to
allow any oxide already mined and accumu
lated on the island to be removed by Messrs.
Wonckhaus & Co. He had also requested the
German Consul to ask Messrs. Wonckhaus &
Co. to give due notice when the firm wished
to ship again, so that the necessary arrange
ments could be made. As regards the recom
mencement of mining operations, Major Cox
was of opinion that the existing heaps of red
oxide could be marked wdth whitewash and
photographed, if necessary, and that this having
been done mining might be renewed as soon
as the hot weather was over. The newly
mined mineral could be heaped on another
side of the mine and kept quite separate from
the present heaps. The Sheikh of Shargah
had already been approached by two or three
native applicants for a contract, hut, without
committing himself to anything specific,
had authorised Major Cox to ascertain from
Messrs. Strick, or other British firm, the
terms on which the^r would he prepared to
take charge of the mining and selling opera
tions on his behalf. These terms should, Major
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The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from October 1905 to December 1908 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month ... regarding external affairs relating to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Muscat and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. The memoranda are dated and despatched from the Foreign Department of the Government of India.
Topics covered in the memoranda include:
- arms trade at Muscat with Afghans
- proposed appointment of Italian consul at Muscat
- Muscat trade report
- piracy committed on a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. near Kuwait
- Najd affairs and relations with the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud)
- mining of red oxide on Abu Musa and Sirri islands
- overcrowding of pilgrim ships in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- quarantine arrangements for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- pearling industry in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- native dhows at Lingah flying the German flag
- lighting in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- installation of wireless telegraphy on vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
The file ends with an acknowledgement by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait (William George Grey) of receipt of the Memoranda of Affairs from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait (William Henry Irvine Shakespear).
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- 1 volume (63 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 65; 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.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-64; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- 'File No. II/9 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Persian Gulf, Maskat & Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf. Nov '07 - Dec '08.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 3ar, 3r:5v, 6ar, 6r:64v, back-i, back
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