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File 4949/1912 Pt 3 ‘Abu Musa Wönckhaus Lingah’ [‎38r] (75/806)

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The record is made up of 1 file (402 folios). It was created in 22 Nov 1907-Nov 1912. It was written in German, French and 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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tnlaye 14.
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IYom hassan ben Ali Semey Co. to the British
Consul General in Bush ire.
After compliments. We keg to submit that on the 18th
Muharrem 1325 we received a letter from Sheikh Seger ben
Khalet chief of Shorgeh, saying that Isa ten Abdul Lot if
has lodged a complaint with him to the effect that he does
not agree to the contract which we have made with R. Wonck-
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hous, the German, asserting that it was made without his
knowledge. Sheikh Seger also drops a hint that he wishes
to withdraw the lease-hold, for the oxyde of iron mines in
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Abu Mussa which we leased from Sheikh Salem ben Sultan.
We, being British, subjects and seeing that the letter of
Sheikh Seger has no meaning, we thought it necessary to in-
form you of this before they mispresent the matter to you.
We hold the original lease-hold from Sheikh Salem ben Sul*-
tan of 1315 to be continued for any period we desire; at
tested by your agent Abdul Latif we accepted Sheikh Seger
as a partner with the knowledge and evidence of Abdul Latif
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We made known our contract with the Germans and its con
ditions in Arabic and English to Abdul Latif. Then we re-
L
eeived a letter from your agent dated SI Rebtc el Thani
1324 regarding the contract with the Germans, in that let
ter he expresses his acceptance and gladness. We beg to
enclose the copy of that letter. Also Jsa was infomed and
agreed

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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. (Percy Zachariah Cox); German Government officials at the Auswärtiges Amt (Foreign Office) in Berlin; the German Embassy in London.

The correspondence refers to a dispute relating to concession rights for the mining and shipment of red oxide at Abū Mūsá, originally awarded to a number of 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.

The majority of the file’s correspondence is in German. 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. In most cases, German correspondence is preceded by undated pencil notes written in English, giving a précis of the letter that follows.

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1 file (402 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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 403; 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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German, French and English in Latin script
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