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'File 8/63 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHIHUH TRIBE.' [‎19r] (37/56)

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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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j>‘rom Salah bin Adinammad t>neiJdi of in bail
To Sheikii Inraiilm bin MUhariimad
Messenger of council of Ministers.
four honoured letter has reached us and the
contents have been understood, particularly with regard
to the arrival of the man-of-war at Shabus and Khasab. ue
informed my brother that we will not give our places to
any body absolutely, neither to the weaic nor to any body
else. As for you, you are not a iving over us so that you
might discover our conditions and we wish you to postpone
the interference. And if the ning baiyid Taimur arrived
in the land of Muscat we will follow on his tracks to see
what the ministers are doing in this matter. This is what
had to be said and salaams.

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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)
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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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