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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [111v] (227/1028)
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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54
H Slave Trade. During the year 38 slaves applied for Manumission
Certificates either for themselves or for their relatives or both. 25 slaves
including children were manumitted during the year.
Of the ! &8 applicants, 9 were Africans and the remainder Baluchis.
12. Weather and rainfall. —The rainfall for the year amounted to 7-00
inches of which no less than 4-60 inches fell on the 9th January in a few
hours. According to local reports this has been the heaviest rainfall expe
rienced for the last 30 years-
On the £lst February a severe thunder storm accompanied with rain
and wind of gale force took place. No serious damage was done either in
Muscat or in Matrah but on the Batinah Coast several thousands of date
trees were uprooted causing a considerable loss to cultivators.
Another strong gale broke out on the night of 28/29th February dur
ing which several sailing vessels were wrecked. Two “Badans” belonging
to°British Subjects were wrecked and 10 persons—passengers and crew-
lost their lives outside Muscat harbour.
The highest temperature recorded was 106-0° on 24th May and the
lowest temperature was 60-7° on 19th January.
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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 1936. s
^ Part II.
1. Ruling Family — (a) His Highness Saiyid Said bin Taimur.—The
Sultan was absent in Dhofar throughout the year devoting most of his time
to personal amusements.
(b) Saiyid Nadir, the senior uncle of His Highness took no part in
State affairs at any time during the year. He invariably, however, attends
all official functions.
(c) Saiyid Shahab bin Faisal, the favourite uncle of His Highness, re
presented the Sultan throughout the year. On numerous occasions he show
ed himself obstructive and troublesome in dealing with official matters, but
this attitude was probably due more to an intense fear of incurring the
Sultan’s displeasure and the inevitable serious consequences thereof rather
than any deliberate intention to be a hindrance. He paid two short visits
to Dhofar in March and April respectively to see the Sultan. Both these
visits were made in Royal Air Force machines.
In June he proceeded to Sohar for the purpose of investigating the
trouble which had arisen between the Riyayaseh, a tribe of Baluch origin
domiciled in Oman and the Bani Omar tribe, over a land dispute. When
the leaders of both parties were summoned, the Riyayaseh refused to ap
pear and replied that they would only represent thieir case to the Sultan.
{d) Saiyid Mahmud bin Muhammad bin Turki, a cousin of His High
ness held the post of the Wali of Matrah throughout the year.
(e) Saiyid Majid bin Taimur bin Faisal, a step-brother of His High-
ness was dismissed towards the end of the year from the post of the Wali
ot Burkah owing to his debauched and drunken life, misrule and ill-treat
ment of people at Burkah.
absent nf /k « u ' "'"i L ' ,,CUL '"' 01 revenues, m the cont.n,
of The 6 State* throughout ^he^year. ^ of financial afe
year Showed 11^ 3 75 ^5 90 “ TV* com ™ encealent of
debts due by the State to local credStwhichamoSto’ RsTi^G
pared with last year an increased credit of Rs T m Vno 7 n ? k '
financial position of the State appears satisfTctory ’ ° 18 Sh ° Wn '
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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)
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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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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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