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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [32v] (69/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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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38
CHAPTER VII.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, MUSCAT
FOR 1938.
r
Part I.
which period he was on leave, and the post remained
. . . Military Assistant Surgeon C. E. Hynes,
(b) Quarantine .—No Quarantine restrictions were imposed against any
port during the year. No cases of notifiable diseases were discovered on any
steamer using this port. '
The Quarantine station is in a bad state of repairs but His Highness the
Sultan has promised to have the necessary work put in hand early next year.
3. Political Situation.—The Political Situation remained quiet and
without incident throughout the year.
The Sultan steadfastly pursued his policy of endeavouring to increase
by peaceful means his influence and authority over tne interior of the country
in general and the Oman in particular. Resumption of the Muscat Gov
ernment’s control over the Oman is probably the great ambition ot the
Sultan’s life. The method adopted has been to get into touch with various
Shaikhs and Leading men of those districts of the State bordering the Oman
proper who if not directly under the control of the Imam have hitherto
been certainly more influenced by him than by the Sultan. In August
Shaikh Mohsin bin Zahran of the Siyabi Tribe, in September Shaikh Hamad
bin Mohammad of the Tal Hibi and in October Shaikh Ahmad bin Mohammad
al Yahyayi of the Zahra were the more important of the Tribal Sheikhs who
visited the Sultan in Muscat and after being sumptuously entertained were
sent back laden with substantial presents. %
The biggest success achieved by the Sultan in this connection was in
being able to persuade the Head of the Beni Bu Ali Tribe to come in to
Muscat in the first week of October.
This notorious tribe, which provides some of the best fighting material
to be found anywhere in the State, occupies a peculiar position in that it
is subservient neither to the Imam of Oman nor to the Sultan. It has, in
fact, for many years enjoyed virtual independence. A portion of Sur, the
largest town and port in the State belongs to the Tribe and their position
here and on the flank of the main trade route between the Oman and the
coast together with the warlike qualities of the tribe make them one of the
most formidable and strongest factors in State politics.
Sheikh Ah who was accompanied by forty followers stayed some two
weeks in Muscat where he was treated as a very honoured guest of the Sultan.
The expenses of his visit are believed to be not less than Rs. 14,000 which
amount, to a State in the poor financial position of Muscat, is a not inconsider
able sum.
The Sultan has in fact being buying the goodwill of the tribes of the
interior and the only means which have enabled him to adopt this policy
is the comparatively large sums he received from Petroleum Concessions
Ltd., in 1937 in return for his grant to them of an oil exploratory concession
in Muscat and Dhofar.
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by the 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. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written 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. .
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- 1 volume (510 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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