'File No. 40/2 RED OXIDE AT ISLAND OF TAMB'

Title:

'File No. 40/2 RED OXIDE AT ISLAND OF TAMB'

Date:

1937/1944

Description:

Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to the work of the Golden Valley Ochre and Oxide Company Limited (Commander Daniel Harvey Rainier) in the Persian Gulf.The initial correspondence between the Company and the Residency Agent at Sharjah discusses obtaining permission from the Shaikh of Ras-al-Khaimah [Ra’s al Khaymah] (Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī) to investigate red oxide deposits on Tunb Island.The later correspondence relates to two thefts which occurred in December 1943 and January 1944 on the Company’s property and stores at Abu Musa and includes a report from the Company’s watchman on the island (Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh) and correspondence with the Company’s Agent at Sharjah (Hosain bin Ḥasan Amad) and Cunningham and Gibaud, a loss Adjusting company appointed to handle the claim.A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 45-47.Physical description: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Corrections have been made to this sequence which have been crossed through.An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-44; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Theft
Ferric oxide

Geographic region:

Tunb Island
Nabiyauh
Abu Musa Island

Rights:

رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000164_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000164_en
IOR/R/15/2/893
IOR/R/15/2/893

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