File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide [17r] (33/592)
The record is made up of 1 file (296 folios). It was created in 10 Feb 1909-13 Jan 1913. It was written in German, 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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to suggest that they were anxious to claim rights
in the island and not merely in the produce of
the mines. Thus, on the 19th October, 1907,
Messrs. Wonckhaus wrote to the sheikh :—
“We consider the mines and the concession for
them as a security for the advances paid. If you
force Haji Hassan-bin-Ali Somayah and Co. to
withdraw their
coolies
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
and representatives, we
shall have to send over some men ourselves to
protect our property/’
When Brown and his men left for the island
on the 22nd October, 1907, they took with them
a Ge rman flag ? which it was in tended to place on
the accumulations of oxide.
On the 19th November, 1907, the German vice-
consul at Bushire threatened the sheikh with a
claim for a
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, and claimed for
Messrs. Wonckhaus the right of direct concern in
the working of the mines.
His Majesty’s Government entirely agree with
the German Government that the question in this
case is purely commercial, and not political. But
in view of the above facts, it appears that
Sagar’s fears were not altogether as “ senseless ”
as has been suggested.
For reasons already given, h )wever, His
Majesty’s Government are of opinion that the
question whether such considerations “justified”
the sheikh’s action does not arise.
VIII.
Sheikh Sakar's interference is not limited to
redressing a wrong alleged to have been done
by one ‘partner to the others, -or to preventing
the carrying out of an agreement alleged to
be contrary to the interests of the country,
but simply deprives the whole company of the
basis of its existence.
The company, in which the German firm of
Robert Wonckhaus and Co. have a share, is
thereby very seriously injured, since the
realisation of its object is made impossible,
and it is not in a position to cam'y out current
obligations imposed upon it by contract.
No new points are raised under this head.
Sheikh Sagar’s action was the only one he could
take with a view to putting an end to the position
in which the company found itself owing to the
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The file is a direct chronological continuation of File 4949/1912 Pt 4 ‘Abu Musa – Angelegenheit. 1907.’ (IOR/L/PS/10/321), containing correspondence exchanged between the German Consulate at Buschär [Bushire] (Helmuth Listemann; Wilhelm Wassmuss) and others: the British Government; the Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] representative of the German firm Robert Wönckhaus and Company (Herr H Rosenfeld; Herr Krumpeter); the British Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Major Arthur Prescott Trevor; Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); the German Imperial Government.
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.
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 (296 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 296; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 1-296; these numbers are printed.
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