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'File 35/64 III Minerals in Oman. Madrasai geologists' researches' [‎49r] (106/276)

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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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Tiie district of Bhufar is situated on the coast at the
Western extremity of the dominions of ^is Ji^hness the Sultan
of Muscat. Its general description as regards physical e^eo-
eraphy and administrative condition is e^iven in the Gazetteer
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports of Arabia which is at present in pre
paration, it is not therefore necessary to repeat it here.,
i : he first
port
touched
\ at was
Murbat on
Sunday
9th Decem
ber.,
'I l he har
bour is
certainly
an excei-
IfirKjurf lentj one ^
/l'*t' f , ( ' v 'j' iklh /l [ t- 1"^- li^i^ ^ 1 it C ^ ^ ■
-//t, ICusm* hJUa tiher^ is
plenty of wax-er for lare-e ships (of which there is room for
several) up to within a few hundred yards from the shore, and
owins?- to the protection afforded by Eas Merhat, the anchorage
is completely sheltered in the N.E. Monsoon. xi.M. "Eedbreast"
anchored at about 8 a.m.. and almost immediately the Shaikh's
son Ali bin Mahomed with one or two followers, came on board to
Place his services at our disposal. We accompanied this party
to the shore and, after returnimr their visit in due form,
walked round the village on a tour of inspection,, followed by
the greater part of the population to whom the visit of a Euro
pean is not an event to be despised. 'I'he villa?© of Marbat is
disappointing. It, consists of about 150 huts and houses, of
the latter 33 in number some are of stone. The only two build
ings kept in anything like a state of repair are the .Shaikh's
house

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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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