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IOR/R/15/1/257
- Record Id:
- 040-000227701
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000e6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023515029.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/257
- Title:
- 14/115 V (B 8) ABU MUSA OXIDE QUESTION
- Scope & Content:
-
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, Persian Gulf; Spencer Harcourt Butler, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Calcutta; Residency Agent, Lingah; Arshem and Tigranes J. Malcolm; Shaikh Saggar bin Khalid, Chief of Sharjah.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227682
040-000227701 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/239-294 : File 14: Arab Coast and Islands
IOR/R/15/1/257 : 14/115 V (B 8) ABU MUSA OXIDE QUESTION - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/257, f 92 : Plan of Abu Musa mine
IOR/R/15/1/257, f 116 : Tracing of a sketch map of Abu Musa Island
IOR/R/15/1/257, f 199 : ‘ABU-MUSA. Sketch B’
IOR/R/15/1/257, f 200 : ‘Abu-Musa Island. Sketch A’
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/1/257 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0004]/038-000227682[0019]/040-000227701
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (322 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000e6
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1908
- End Date:
- 1910
- Date Range:
- 29 Nov 1908-17 Feb 1910
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio including the covers. There are the following anomalies: The first folios are 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, followed by 2; folio 19 is followed by 19A; folio 87 is followed by 87a; there is no folio 113; folio 119 is followed by 119A; there is no folio 233.
- Former External References:
- B Series: 14/115 V B.8
- Arrangement:
- 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.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)