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'File 8/63 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHIHUH TRIBE.' [5r] (9/56)
The record is made up of 1 file (26 folios). It was created in 1930. 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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5
d)
setting for the Bihlica.l story of Job, in Onan
appears to be somewhat far fetched.
To quote frora the bible itself.
"0 daughter of Edon that dwellest in t e land of
La. 4. 21 .
Uz"
« Concerning Edom,thus saith the Lord of Hosts;
Is wisdom no mure in Teman ? ” Je.49.7.
From the above it r^ould appear that the land
of Uz is more likely to have been situated near
Edom "here it is placed on biblical maps.
I do not kno ,xr on "hat authority Hr Thomas
identifies the word 3LIUIAEI which appears on
Ptolemys map of Arabia published! in Hogarths
enetration of Arabia,with the Bani Bu Ali,
his tribe was known and referred to by Ar b
Historians as the Bani lemim till the beginning
of last century vide Imams and Seyyids of Oman
translated by G.P.Badger.
The Harth tribe of Sharkiya also
derive from the Bani Teraim.
It is curious to note that the founders of tetfa
and Sufriyyah
he hhhabi.ajidx!!* Ibadhi/sects belonged to this
considerable and widely scattered tribe.
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This file concerns the Shihuh tribe of Oman. It mostly consists of notes on the tribe produced by Bertram Sidney Thomas, Wazir Minister. to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are enclosed in a letter addressed to 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The notes include the following: a preliminary note on Shihuh politics, a list of villages and their chief personalities (with an illustrative sketch map), a diary of a trip taken by Thomas from Muscat to Khasab (4 January-10 March 1930), translations of letters from Shihuh shaikhs, and a summary of the present situation. Preceding Thomas's letter and notes are a series of excerpts on the tribe from former British officials and other sources.
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- 1 file (26 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-27; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/6/246
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- 'File 8/63 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHIHUH TRIBE.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence