"ملف رقم II/٩ مذكرات معلومات من إدارة الخارجية بخصوص شؤون الخليج الفارسي ومسقط والساحل العربي من الخليج الفارسي. نوفمبر "٠٧ - ديسمبر "٠٨" [و‎‎٥‎٨] (١٣٢/١١٧)

-ARABIAN SHORE OF THE PERSIAN
GULF.
210. On the 20th October, the Secretary of
Mining concessions in State, at the instance of
the Persian Gulf. Messrs. Strict & Co.,
called for the views of the Government of
India in regard to the procedure which should
be followed by that firm in order to obtain
mining concessions on Sirri, Little Tanb,
Nabiva Farur and other islands in the Persian
Gulf.
As regards Sirri, Sir E. Grey proposed
to re dy as in his telegram of the 19th Septem
ber to Mr. Morley (vide Memorandum for
October, para. 197),
After reference to the Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India
expressed the opinion that, as the flag of the
Sheikh of Shargah had been flown on the island
of Greater Tanb though not on Little Tanb, it
could be claimed that the ownership of the
latter followed that of the parent island. They
accordingly, as regards these inlands, agreed
in the proposal of the Secretary of State
to support Messrs. Strick & Co.’s appli
cation for a mining concession, the negotiations
to be conducted with the Sheikh of Shargah
through the Resident. On the same analogy
the ownership of Little Farur would follow
that of Greater Farur which was Persian
property, and, consequently, Messrs. Strick
would, in the opinion of the Government of
India, have to apply in this case to the Persian
Government.
Sirri Island
concession.
oxide
It was not anticipated that the procedure
on the lines suggested in regard to Little Tanb
and Little Farur need raise any awkward
questions, but, if thought desirable, Messrs.
Strick & Co. might be asked, as suggested by
Major Cox, to make an examination in the
first place of the deposits on the islands of
Dalma, Sir Abu Nuair, and Halul.
211. {Vide para, 197 of the Memo
randum for October.)
On the 22nd October,
Sir G. Barclay reported
that the Agent of Messrs. Haji Ali Akbar &
Co. had submitted a draft of the concession for
which he was about to apply. His Britannic
Majesty’s Minister considered that certain
of the conditions, e.g., that respecting
a royalty of 12 per cent, on the net
profits, would involve an admission of
Persian sovereignty over the island and
that, if a communication was made to the
Persian Government as suggested by Mr.
Marling, approval of the conditions would
prejudice the Jowasmi claims and their rejec
tion would jeopardise the Company’s chance of
obtaining the concession. Sir G. Barclay, there
fore, proposed to substitute for Mr. Marling’s