'File No. 40/4 Red Oxide at Abu Musa'

Title:

'File No. 40/4 Red Oxide at Abu Musa'

Date:

1935/1948

Description:

Abstract: The file discusses the concession for red oxide (also known as ferric oxide) which the Golden Valley Ochre and Oxide Company Limited (Eric Innes Pocock) was exploiting at Abu Musa [Abū Mūsā] including the company’s relationship with the Shaikh of Sharjah (Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī) and working conditions on Abu Musa Island. A copy of the concession agreement for both Abu Musa and Sir Abu Na’air [Şīr Bū Nu‘ayr] can be found at folios 23-27.Also included in the volume is an enquiry on behalf of Imperial Chemical Industries (India) Limited regarding known and potential deposits of red oxide on islands in the Persian Gulf, and existing concessions being exploited for those.There is also some brief correspondence between the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast and the Political Agent Bahrain regarding the company’s use of a wireless transmitter on the island and wireless communications from there to Sharjah.A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 28-29.Physical description: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-29; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not 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:

Ferric oxide

Geographic region:

Abu Musa Island

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000165_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000165_en
IOR/R/15/2/894
IOR/R/15/2/894

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