Publication Date
29 Nov 1908-17 Feb 1910 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
322
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/257
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0000e6
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
29 Nov 1908-17 Feb 1910 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence relating to the mining of red oxide on Abu Musa island. Includes the memorandum of the Foreign Office on the matter and the report of Captain Moore. Also discussed are the 'intrigues' of Muhammad Abdullah of Lingah and the Strick company's activities in taking possession of 500 tons of freshly mined oxide. Includes an estimate of costs involved in starting efficient mining operations on Abu Musa Island and a map of the mine with key (folio 92) as well as two other sketch maps of Abu Musa Island.
Correspondents include: Major Percy Zachariah Cox,
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.
; Spencer Harcourt Butler, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Calcutta;
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.
Agent, Lingah; Arshem and Tigranes J. Malcolm; Shaikh Saggar bin Khalid, Chief of Sharjah.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file. The front of the file has an index of list of topics.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
B Series: 14/115 V B.8
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Plan of Abu Musa mine
1 image
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/257, f 92
Tracing of a sketch map of Abu Musa Island
1 image
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/257, f 116
‘ABU-MUSA. Sketch B’
1 image
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/257, f 199
‘Abu-Musa Island. Sketch A’
1 image
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/257, f 200
