File 161/1908 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf:- Abu Musa oxide'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 161/1908 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf:- Abu Musa oxide'
- Date:
- 1910/1911
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume concerns the export of red oxide mined on the island of Abu Musa [Abū Mūsá].The main correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office and the India Office; the First Assistant Resident in charge of the Political Residency (Major Arthur Prescott Trevor); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); the Viceroy; and German Government officials.The papers cover the progress of diplomatic negotiations between the British and German governments over contractual rights to remove red oxide from the island by the German firm Robert Wönckhaus & Company.The volume also contains copies of earlier correspondence and agreements dated 1899-1909.The French language content of the volume consists of approximately fifty folios of diplomatic correspondence between British and German officials.The Arabic language content of the volume consists of citations of Arabic words (with English transliterations) in several letters, in which the precise meaning of the Arabic terms is discussed.Each part includes a divider, which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 476; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 454-476; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Concessions, red oxide, Abu Musa
Mineral resources
Robert Wönckhaus and Company - Geographic region:
- Abu Musa Island
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000016_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000016_en
IOR/L/PS/10/129
IOR/L/PS/10/129