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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [274v] (553/1028)
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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fhe suspects to be handed over to justice, in accordance with the
Muscat-Oman Agreement of 1923, has failed to elicit anything hut
evasive replies and vague counter charges of breaches of the
Treaty.
(d) In November His Highness convened the leaders of the Kumazarah
and Shihuh tribes to appoint, by election, a Sheikh for the Dibbah
area. By a majority of votes Zaid bin Sinan was elected, thus 0
settling a problem on which many previous attempts had proved
unsuccessful.
Events in Oman .—There were no events of outstanding importance during
the year.
Various minor inter-tribal squabbles have been reported from time to time
and the relations between the Imam and the Sheikh of Jabal Akhdar appear to
continue strained.
Trade and General. —The world wide depression in trade has had serious
repercussions in Muscat and many local Muscati merchants and petty traders
have been ruined.
Lack of rain has had an adverse effect in both the quality and quantity of
dates exported, whilst financial depression in both European and Eastern
markets has more or less eliminated the source of income derived from the
export of fish manure.
The tightness of money has driven many more litigants to the local Courts
than in previous years.
The increase in the State revenues, despite adverse circumstances, is attri
butable to the general tightening up of the methods of revenue collection and
the drastic reduction of overhead charges.
Muscat Infantry —Command of the Muscat Infantry has remained through
out the year in the hands of Captain R. G. Alban in addition to jiis other duties.
The numbers of the Corps have now been brought up to normal strength,
i.e., 150 but, in conformity with the general scheme of economy certain reduc
tions in pay and the number of non-commissioned officers has been effected.
The Corps continued to find the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Guard.
C. E. U. BREMNER, Major,
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.
and H. B. M.’s Consul, Muscat.
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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. .
- Extent and format
- 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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- Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:511v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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