File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide

Title:

File 4949/1912 Pt 5 Persian Gulf: Abu Musa oxide

Contributor:

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

Date:

1909/1913

Description:

The file is a direct chronological continuation of File 4949/1912 Pt 4 ‘Abu Musa – Angelegenheit. 1907.’ (IOR/L/PS/10/321), containing correspondence exchanged between the German Consulate at Buschär [Bushire] (Helmuth Listemann; Wilhelm Wassmuss) and others: the British Government; the Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] representative of the German firm Robert Wönckhaus and Company (Herr H Rosenfeld; Herr Krumpeter); the British Political Residency in the Persian Gulf (Major Arthur Prescott Trevor; Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); the German Imperial Government.The correspondence refers to a dispute over a concession for the mining and shipment of red oxide at Abū Mūsá, originally awarded to 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. Official letters exchanged between the German Consul at Bushire and the British Political Resident are in French.1 file (296 folios)The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 296; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 1-296; these numbers are printed.

Language:

German
English
French

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

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

Geographic region:

Abū Mūsá

Extent:

1 file (296 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Public Domain
Creative Commons Attribution Licence
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000d9_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000d9_en
IOR/L/PS/10/322

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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