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'File 35/64 III Minerals in Oman. Madrasai geologists' researches' [21r] (50/276)
The record is made up of 1 volume (132 folios). It was created in 23 Jan 1901-31 Jul 1912. 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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.old^and -bhat in ord'er "bo shew their bona fides "fchey ask His
Highnesses permission to come "bo Muscat, "bo express in person
their readiness to render obedience to his commands in fu
ture. By the same messenger the chief Beni Abu Hassan Shalk
sent -me a civil letter saying that all was quiet now and
that they would be glad to see me again in their country
whenever I felt inclined to come. It would T think be an ad
vantage if the visit of these Musharife^i Shaikhs to Muscat
could be arranged Just before the expedition starts, so that
if their attitude gave any grounds for doubting their sin
cerity the Sultan would know how to proceed.
In this "toiew and in order to give time for this communica
tion to reach G-overnment, I asked him to reply that he is pre
pared to receive the Musharifeh Elders if their protestations
are sincere and if they come under the wing of the Beni Abu
Hassan Shaikhs,but that owing to the prevalence of the mon
soon sea the season is not favourable for their coming ijust
at present and that they should postpone it until he sends
them a further commujiication.
By the light of this letter from the Beni Abu Hassan the Sul
tan was of opinion that a second investigation could now be
carried out without difficulty by relying entirely on that
tribe. I replied that in view of the way in which the Mu
sharifeh had snapped their fingers at the Beni Abu Hassan
before,I thought it was inadvisable to be too sanguine as to
the sincerity or permanency of their present attitude. I
continued "Government have not suggested anything of the
"sort to me,but we may take it for granted that they would
"not care to run any risk of a second expedition ending un-
"satisfactorily. Supposing they were to entertain the idea
"of sending ah escort of Native Troops with us,what would be
"Your Highnesses views with regard to such a course?"
He replied that so far as he was concerned he was ready to
fall
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This file consists of correspondence relating to minerals in Oman. The main correspondents are Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Correspondence discusses coal in the Samhan Hills, in Dhofar, report of coal in Oman; export of coal from Sur; French interest. The presence of lead and manganese is also discussed.
There is a map (folio 19) of the geology of the eastern part of Oman from Muscat to Ras al-Hadd.
Two black and white photographs pasted into the volume on folios 50v and 51r show scenes in Dhofar (Dhufar) province.
The photographs accompany a nine-page report (folios 48r-53r) dated 14 January 1907, by Major W. G. Grey on a visit to the province of Dhofar. Three additional photographs, on folios 49r, 49v and 51r have been lost or removed from the volume.
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- 1 volume (132 folios)
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On folio 1A there is a typed contents page. On folio 2 there is a hand-written 'index of references'. The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence consists of pencil numbers, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The sequence commences on the front cover (although the number itself has been written on the inside of the cover), and concludes on the last folio. Foliation anomalies: 1A, 1B, 1C, 77A, 77B, 117A, 117B. The file also contains a former pagination sequence consisting of numbers written in blue crayon or pencil, which commences on folio 4 with the number 1. Only pages with writing on them have been paginated.
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