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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Greater Tunb, Persian Gulf, Asia, Persia Level [40] File

1. IOR/R/15/1/246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/246
Title:
14/88 I Islands of Abu Musa, Tunb and Sir Abu Nu`air: questions of ownership
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the islands of Abu Musa, Tanb [Tumb] and Sir Abu Nu'air. Correspondence discusses the claim by the Shaikh of Ras al Khayma to the islands and his wanting to prevent the use of the islands for grazing by the Shaikh of Dubai. The Shaikh of Ras al Khayma is reminded that ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1871-8 Dec 1900
Extent:
1 volume (143 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/247
Title:
14/88 II B 30 Tanb Island
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in London, Delhi, Bushire, Bahrain, Sharjah, and Tehran over the status of several islands in the Gulf: Tanb [Greater Tumb], Little Tanb [Lesser Tumb], Abu Musa and Sirri [Jazīreh-ye Sīrrī]. The main correspondents are the Senior Naval ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1912-15 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/248
Title:
14/88 III B 33 Tamb Island
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the islands of Bahrain, Tanb (also written as Tamb) [Greater and Lesser Tumb] and Abu Musa in the context of the Persian claim to these islands. The main correspondents are Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Political Resident Persian Gulf (Trenchard...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 Sep 1934-25 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (205 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/253

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/253
Title:
14/115 I Abu Musa and Tamb. 1903-1904.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning Persian claims to sovereignty over the islands of Sirri, Abu Musa and Tunb [Greater and Lower Tumb] and the competing claim of the Shaikh of Sharjah. Correspondence discusses the erecting of flagstaffs by the Persians and also the Belgians. Correspondents include the Sec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1902-5 Aug 1905
Extent:
1 volume (141 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/256
Title:
14/115 IV B. 7. Abu Musa
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning Abu Musa island. Correspondence discusses British memorandum of 1908; the German case relating to their mining operations; the Persian claim to Abu Musa, Sirri and Tunb [Tumb]; the role of Hassan bin Samaiyah and the contract with the German company Wonckhaus. Corrrespo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1908-24 Nov 1908
Extent:
1 volume (281 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/944

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/944
Title:
‘File 22/14 Tunb and Abu Musa Islands’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to Sharjah’s sovereignty over the islands of Abu Musa [Abū Mūsá] and Tunb, chiefly in response to a Persian challenge to this sovereignty over Abu Musa. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1951-25 Nov 1951
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)