Author
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
Publication Date
16 Nov 1910-15 Dec 1911 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
480
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/10/129
Record ID
vdc_100000000419.0x000016
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
16 Nov 1910-15 Dec 1911 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
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 department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
; the First Assistant Resident in charge of the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
(Major Arthur Prescott Trevor); the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(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.
