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1. IOR/L/PS/10/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/127
Title:
File 161/1908 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf:- Abu Musa Oxide.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the disputed concession for the mining of red oxide on the island of Abu Musa [Abū Mūsá]. The main correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office and the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); and the Viceroy. The pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
14 Dec 1907-3 Jun 1908
Extent:
1 volume (377 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/128
Title:
File 161/1908 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf:- Abu Musa Oxide'
Scope & Content:
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 Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); and the Viceroy. The papers cover: contract...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 May 1908-16 Nov 1909
Extent:

1 volume (195 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/129
Title:
File 161/1908 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf:- Abu Musa oxide'
Scope & Content:
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 First Assistant Resident in charge of the Political Residency (Major Arthur Prescott Trevor); the Political Resid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
16 Nov 1910-15 Dec 1911
Extent:

1 volume (480 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/319A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/319A
Title:
File 4949/1912 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Abu Musa Oxide Concession; Sir P Cox's enquiry whether German papers seized at Bushire should be sent to the FO'
Scope & Content:
File contains the enquiry from Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. as to whether to send to the Foreign Office, London, the papers seized from the German Consulate relating to the Abu Musa oxide concession held by the German company, Wönkhaus. Correspondence between the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (7 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/319B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/319B
Title:
File 4919/1912 Pt 2 Abu Musa Oxide Concession: SOS telegram informing Sir P Cox that FO wish to have the German files seized at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Secretary of State telegram (7 February 1916) informing Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, that the Foreign Office would like the papers on the Abu Musa concession obtained from the German Consulate, Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (5 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/319C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/319C
Title:
File 4919/1912 Pt 2 'Abu Musa Oxide Concession: transmission of files of German Consulate at Bushire'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of English translations of six letters originally written by the German Consul, Bushire (Dr Franz Listermann) to the German Imperial Chancellor, Berlin (Dr Theobold von Bethmann-Hollweg) and also from the German Ambassador, London (Count Wolff Metternich). The letters are dated...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (32 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/1267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1267
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf Negotiations 1928. Status of Tamb. (and Abu Musa)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the ownership and sovereignty of the islands of Tamb and Abu Musa (and Little Tamb and Sirri) in the Persian Gulf, and negotiations for a general treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia [Iran]. The papers mainly consist of correspondence and India Offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Jul 1928-29 Mar 1932
Extent:

1 volume (535 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/121
Title:
PZ 7629/1934 ‘Messrs Wonckhaus’s claim in respect of Abu Musa oxide’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the claim of Robert Wonkhaus and Company, Hamburg, for financial compensation for loss due to the interruption of their contract for purchasing red oxide at Abu Musa from a concessionaire, following the cancellation of the concession ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934-30 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3709

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3709
Title:
Coll 30/1 'Tamb Island: Question of Lease to Persia, Persian Govt's Claim to Tamb'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the disputed ownership of the Tamb (also written as Tanb and Tund) [Greater and Lesser Tumb] islands between Ras al-Khaimah and the Government of Persia. The islands of Abu Musa and Henjam and their status are also mentioned intermittently throughout ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 May 1930-15 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (437 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3798
Title:
Coll 30/81 'Minerals: Desire of Commander Bayldon R.N., (retd.) for concession for mining Red Oxide on Abu Musa. Possibilities of deposits on the Tamb Islands.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns attempts by Commander Robert Corbett Bayldon, Royal Navy, (retired) to obtain a concession to mine red oxide on the island of Abu Musa (also referred to as Bu Musa) from the Shaikh of Shargah [Sharjah]. The result was an agreement in 1934 granting Bayldon the personal right to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1934-26 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file in 3 parts (475 folios)