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1. IOR/R/15/2/892-895

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/892-895
Title:
File 40 Minerals
Scope & Content:
The minerals sub-sub-series discusses deposits of gypsum and red oxide on the islands of Ḩālūl Abū Mūsā, Şīr Bū Nu‘ayr, Dalmā, and Şīr Banī Yās in the Persian Gulf. The main focus of the correspondence are the red oxide concessions held by the Golden Valley Ochre and Oxide Mining Company at Bu ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-1949
Extent:
4 files (114 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/892
Title:
'File No. 40/1 ENQUIRIES BY STRICK & CO. RE: GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN PERSIAN GULF'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a letter from Messrs Frank C Strick and Company to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Gordon Loch) regarding the possibility of sourcing gypsum from the Persian Gulf. The enquiry results in discussion between the India Office (Maurice J Clauson) and Foreign Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1935-30 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/894

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/894
Title:
File No. 40/4 Red Oxide at Abu Musa
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the concession for red oxide (also known as ferric oxide) which the Golden Valley Ochre and Oxide Company Limited (Eric Innes Pocock) was exploiting at Abu Musa [Abū Mūsā] including the company’s relationship with the Shaikh of Sharjah (Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī) and wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1935-14 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/893
Title:
File No. 40/2 RED OXIDE AT ISLAND OF TAMB
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the work of the Golden Valley Ochre and Oxide Company Limited (Commander Daniel Harvey Rainier) in the Persian Gulf. The initial correspondence between the Company and the Residency Agent at Sharjah discusses obtaining permission from the Shaikh of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1937-25 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)