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File 4949/1912 Pt 4 ‘Abu Musa – Angelegenheit. 1907.’ [232r] (465/528)
The record is made up of 1 file (263 folios). It was created in 23 Oct 1907-20 Nov 1908. It was written in German, English, French, Arabic and Persian. 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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232
C om .
In oonpllance with the order of Consul Dr. Lietesiann, I left
Bushire on the 4th. April 1998 per the 6. s. »Louise n for the
Island of Ahu Musa^ where I had to represent the Consulate
during the shipment of the Red Oxyde of Iron ty the said vessel
and to deal with Agha Bedcr, the representative of the British
Consulate in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
in making a protocol with referen
to the quantity shipped by the said steamer and the quantity
remaining on the Island whioh were to be estimated and agreed
upon by the representatives of the firms of R.Wdnukhaus & Co
and Maji Massan bin Semeyye & Co. whc % besides myself and Beder }
had to sign the protocol.
We arrived n ingah on the 6th. inst. Mr. Rosenfeld, rep
resentative of the firm of R. Wbnokhaus & Cc^HaJi Hassan Rep
resentative of Baji Basean bin Ali Sew^eyye &CQ. and Agha Seder,
zho had received a free passage from the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
:f the Line
embarked, and the steamer having left at midnight, arrived at
the Islcnd early in the morning of the 7th. inst.
On arrival Abdullah bin Baji Hasson who had the manage
ment of the work on the Island came on board and stated that
oaing to a hare wind blowing no cargo oould be put into light
ers .
At ab u.t 8 a.m. Agha Beder who was on beard for the pre
vious IS hours, without paying any visit to any one of us on
board, wished to land by a beat brought for him by his brother
Ibrahim, who was recently stationed on the Island by the Eng
lish. I was standing with the Captain at the Gangway when he
was going tc land. Having per chance f unci us th re, he made
out' acquaintance and landed immediately. I landed too.
He took his lodgings in his brother/s t nt which was ab ut
idfTme tors a*au from the /.ter, I too sued to * ahe an inspeetl n
the mines. At the first mine, which
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Correspondence exchanged between the German Consulate at Buschär [Bushire] (Helmuth Listemann) and others: the Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] representative of the German firm Robert Wönckhaus and Company (Herr H Rosenfeld; Herr Krumpeter); the British 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 Percy Zachariah Cox); German Government officials at the Auswärtiges Amt (Foreign Office) in Berlin, the German Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran (Hartmann Oswald Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen).
The correspondence refers to a dispute over a concession for the mining and shipment of red oxide at Abū Mūsá, originally awarded to Arab merchants by Shaikh Sālim bin Sulṭān 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. of Sharjah in 1898, and part of which was subsequently acquired by Wönckhaus and Company in 1906. The dispute was sparked by the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Khālid Āl Qāsimī’s cancellation of the concession in 1907, and subsequent claims by Wönckhaus and Company and the German Government, over financial losses arising from the cancellation of the concession.
Amongst the papers are copies of correspondence, agreements and other papers dating between 1892 and 1907, relating to the original contract to mine red oxide at Abū Mūsá. Many of these agreements are in Arabic, with most accompanied by English translations.
The majority of the file’s correspondence is in German. Official letters exchanged between the German Consul at Bushire and the British 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. are in French.
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- 1 file (263 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 263; these numbers are printed, 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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- IOR/L/PS/10/321
- Title
- File 4949/1912 Pt 4 ‘Abu Musa – Angelegenheit. 1907.’
- Pages
- 11r:11v, 25r:30v, 32r:50v, 57r:62v, 232r:237v
- Author
- Mirza Abdul Hussein
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