File 4949/1912 Pt 3 ‘Abu Musa Wönckhaus Lingah’

Title:

File 4949/1912 Pt 3 ‘Abu Musa Wönckhaus Lingah’

Contributor:

Government of the German Empire (correspondent)
German Consul (correspondent)
Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
Robert Wönckhaus and Company (correspondent)

Date:

1907/1912

Description:

Correspondence exchanged between the German Consulate at Buschär [Bushire] (Helmuth Listemann) and others: the Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] representative of the German firm Robert Wönckhaus and Company (Herr H Rosenfeld; Herr Krumpeter); the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); German Government officials at the Auswärtiges Amt (Foreign Office) in Berlin; the German Embassy in London.The correspondence refers to a dispute relating to concession rights for the mining and shipment of red oxide at Abū Mūsá, originally awarded to a number of Arab merchants by Shaikh Sālim bin Sulṭān Āl Qāsimī 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. Letters exchanged between the German Consul at Bushire and the British Political Resident are in French. In most cases, German correspondence is preceded by undated pencil notes written in English, giving a précis of the letter that follows.1 file (402 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.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.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 403; these numbers are printed, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

German
French
English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Concessions, red oxide, Abu Musa
Concessions
Trade disputes
Mining
Ferric oxide

Geographic region:

Abū Mūsá

Extent:

1 file (402 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Public Domain
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000d7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000d7_en
IOR/L/PS/10/320

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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