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Persian Gulf Administration Reports 1883/84 - 1904/05 [‎156r] (316/602)

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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 GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. POLITICAL 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
MASKAT POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
■FOB.
1894-95.
P art I.— GENERAL SUMMARY.
1.—OMAN-MASK AT COAST.
The Report forming Part II of this compilation has been prepared hy
Captain F. G-. Whyte. Its Interest centres in the serious rebellion against the
Sultan's power, accompanied by a treacherous attempt on his life, which
occurred towards the close of the year, and of which an account is given in the
report.
The previous ten months of the year were not marked by any events of
importance; and tranquillity, greater perhaps than is the normal lot of Oman,
but tempered nevertheless by some of the usual inter-tribal feuds and aggressions,
generally prevailed. Serious rioting took place at Mattrah in June between
the Seedees employed by the Khojah traders and Baluchis, There was a sharp
conflict also between the Beni-Riyam and Beni-Hina at Nezwah, in which
many were killed and wounded.
In June a sad incident occurred in the death by suicide of Seyyid Eahad,
younger brother of tbe Sultan. The motive for this unhappy act was ascribed
to domestic and personal troubles.
Uneasiness was caused during the last half of the year by Sheikh Saleh's
movements and the rumours regarding his intentions; this influential Sheikh
apparently acting quite independently of the Sultan's authority in arbitrating in
inter-tribal quarrels and meeting out punishment. It was under his influence,
as is supposed, that the tribes holding the passes into Oman proper closed
them against all caravans about the beginning of November. The passes were
shortly re-opened; but there were, about this time, disquieting rumours of
Sheikh Saleh's designs against Maskat. These were abundantly justified by the
event; for there can be little doubt that he had long contemplated the formid
able attack which followed in Pebruary 1895. In this connection may be
noted as significant, the return in May of Sheikhs Abdullah-bin-Saleh, Mohsin-
bin-Amir, and Amir-bin-Salim, from Zanzibar, in the S. S. Avoca belonging
to the Sultan of that place, with valuable gifts and marks of honour from His
Highness. These three were actual leaders in the hostilities against Maskat;
the first named being the son of Sheikh Saleh,

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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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