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Persian Gulf Administration Reports 1883/84 - 1904/05 [‎137v] (279/602)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (299 folios). It was created in 1884-1906. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON THE PERSIAN GrXJLF POLITICAL
however still made on the Yal Saad, nearly all resulting in loss to that tribe in
life and property, on one occasion two caravans aggregating seventy camels being
cut off.
In Eebruary this tribe turned the tables on its opponents by pursuing a
party of eight men who had carried off some of their goats and killing them to a
man.
About this time it was reported that Ibrahim-bin-Kais had espoused the
cause of his old friends the Yal Saad and offered to mediate between them and
the Ahl Dhahirah, being ready it was said to join in an attack on the latter
should they refuse his mediation. Later information since the close of the year
under report is to the effect that these negotiations fell through, and that no
further raids have taken place.
Of other collisions between the tribes the following may be noted:—
Early in the year the Harth raided on the Haboos at Mudeibee in the
Sharkiyeh, and attempted to destroy their water-courses. In August an en
gagement took place between the Beni Boo Ali and Beni Boo Hasan in Jaalan,
in which nine men were killed. A truce for eight months was effected by
Shaikhs Jooma-bin-Sayyid-al-Maskari and Hamud-bin-Sayyid-al-Jahafi, which
was broken by the Beni Boo Hasan killing a slave belonging to the Bern Ali,
who thereupon made a raid on the former tribe. This was followed by the
plunder of a large caravan of a hundred camels belonging to the Beni Shikeil o£
Nezwa by the Beni Hasan of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Boshar. A short truce was subsequently
brought about.
Certain differences between the Jinbeh and the Hinawi tribes of the
Sharkiyeh were settled in September, and a peace for one year was concluded
through the mediation of ilashid-bin-Uzeiz, the Wali of Semayil.
In October that troublesome character Shaikh Hamud-al-Jahafi appeared
suddenly in the Batinah with seventy followers, evidently with the intention of
marauding. British subjects at Seeb were warned to be on the alert, and, if
necessary, to move into Muscat with their property. Whatever plans Shaikh
Hamud may have formed were cut short by his being taken ill at Manh ; he
subsequently returned quietly to the Sharkiyeh.
The question of an allowance to be paid to Sayyid Abdul Aziz on condi
tion of his remaining quietly in India was again discussed with the Sultan.
The matter is still under reference.
On the 12th November the Besident visited Muscat and exchanged visits
with His Highness the Sultan.
In May 1892 a party of seven Africans were landed at Matrah under suspi-
01 m , cious circumstances by an Arab by name
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Seif-bm-Khatir. The party was stopped,
and an euquiry was held, from which it appeared that the Africans were the house
hold slaves of two Arabs in Melindi. Before the completion of the enquiry the
Africans left the Consulate at the instigation of Seif-bin-Khatir and went into
the interior. Although the local authorities were at once warned, proper
measures to pursue and recall the party were not made, and repeated applica
tions since made to the Sultan to trace the Africans have hitherto produced no
result.
A report in the case was submitted to the Hesident on the 16th March
1893.
No seizures of slave dhows were made by Her Majesty's cruisers during
the year.
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The volume contains printed copies of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Administration Reports. The Reports are incomplete (according to the introductory letters and lists of contents). Some of the Reports bear manuscript corrections. The following Reports are represented :

The Reports include a general summary by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (covering the constituent agencies and consulates that made up the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , and topics such as the slave trade, piracy, the movements of Royal Navy ships, official appointments, and the weather); meteorological tables; separate reports on Muscat (also referred to as Maskat); reports on trade and commerce; and a number of appendices on special topics, such as supplementary notes on the care and culture of date trees and fruit (Report, 1883-84), historical sketch of the Portuguese in eastern Arabia (Report, 1884-85), notes on a tour through Oman and El-Dhahireh [Al Dhahirah] by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles (Report, 1885-86), notes on cholera in Persia (Report, 1889-90), report on the cholera epidemic in Maskat, Matrah, and Oman (Report, 1899-1900), and information on individuals and tribes.

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1 volume (299 folios)
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The Reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is an introductory letter/table of contents at the front of each Report, but these show that the Reports are not complete.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 3 on the second folio after the front cover, and continues through to 299 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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