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IOR/R/15/2/893
- Record Id:
- 040-000229201
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000164
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025653282.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/893
- Title:
- File No. 40/2 RED OXIDE AT ISLAND OF TAMB
- Scope & Content:
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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 Ras-al-Khaimah [Ra’s al Khaymah] (Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī) to investigate red oxide deposits on Tunb Island.
The later correspondence relates to two thefts which occurred in December 1943 and January 1944 on the Company’s property and stores at Abu Musa and includes a report from the Company’s watchman on the island (Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh) and correspondence with the Company’s Agent at Sharjah (Hosain bin Ḥasan Amad) and Cunningham and Gibaud, a loss Adjusting company appointed to handle the claim.
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 45-47.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000229199
040-000229201 - 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/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/892-895 : File 40 Minerals
IOR/R/15/2/893 : File No. 40/2 RED OXIDE AT ISLAND OF TAMB - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0045]/038-000229199[0002]/040-000229201
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (48 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000164
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 1 Dec 1937-25 Oct 1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Corrections have been made to this sequence which have been crossed through.
An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-44; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Foliation anomaly: 11a
- Former External References:
- confidential Series: 10/7 III
confidential Series: 40/2 - Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)