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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Mineral resources Level [40] File

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/10/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/408
Title:
File 3615/1913 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Moin-ut-Tujjar's concessions'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the grant of mineral concessions by the Persian Government to the Persian merchant Haji Agha Mohammed Moin-ut-Tojar Dehdashty (referred to as Muin-ut-Tujjar), and the award of export sales contracts for the mined Hormuz oxide to the two rival Britis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1916
Extent:
1 volume (288 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/409
Title:
File 3615/1913 Pt 2-3 'Persian Gulf - Lease of Islands (& Muin ut Tujjar's Concession). Persian Gulf Islands as to occupation in case of war with Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 2 and 3 of the subject ‘Persian Gulf: Moin-ut-Tujjar’s concessions’. Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/409/1) concerns the lease of islands in the Persian Gulf and Part 3 (IOR/L/PS/10/409/2) concerns British occupation of the islands in the Persian Gulf in case of war with Persia. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912-1918
Extent:
1 volume (186 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B433

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B433
Title:
Red oxide on Abu Musa, 1898-1934
Scope & Content:
This memorandum was prepared by John Gilbert Laithwaite in May 1934 and comments on the history of the concession of red oxide on Abu Musa [Abū Mūsá]. The concession was granted in April 1898 by Sheikh Salim bin Sultan [Sālim bin Sulṭān Āl Qāsimī] while acting as Regent. On his return the ruling ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1934
Extent:
6 folios

8. IOR/L/PS/20/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/7
Title:
Report on Fars by Captain A T Wilson, Indian Political Department
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of a report on Fars (a province of Persia) was written by Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson, Deputy Civil Commissioner in the Indian Political Department (General Staff Branch), and was published in Simla at the Government Monotype Press. The volume is divided into subject sectio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (196 folios)