Author
Sharjah. The main correspondents are:
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.
Publication Date
5 Feb 1935-31 Mar 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
207
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/264
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0000ed
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
5 Feb 1935-31 Mar 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file is a collection of correspondence between British officials in London, Delhi, Bushire, Bahrain, Sharjah and Teheran over the rights to mine red oxide on Abu Musa, an island in the Gulf claimed by Sharjah. The main correspondents are:
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.
, Whitehall (John Gilbert Laithwaite); Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar of Sharjah;
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.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(Trenchard Craven Fowle);
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain (Gordon Loch); Senior Naval Officer
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; Hajji Yusuf Kanoo (trader in Bahrain); Commander R.C. Bayldon; the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The correspondence relates to a contract for the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa. British officials helped facilitate the completion of the contract although the Iranians claimed the island as their territory and raised objections to the issuance of the contract. The final contract specified that Commander Bayldon will pay a minimum of 2000
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
a year in royalties to the Shaikh of Sharjah. The British warned Commander R.C. Bayldon that as it becomes known to the Iranians that he has taken rights to mining on Abu Musa that he will be barred from the higher quality Hormuz ore mines. The file includes a letter from 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.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
with a list of islands in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
'known or presumed to contain Ferric Oxide'. The file is mostly in English with some letters in Arabic.
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