Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [402v] (809/1028)
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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44
Tribes of the Sultanate.
Sur .—In January, an affray took place between a party of Mesbaikh and a
caravan carrying dates from Badiyah to Sur. Two of the Meshaikh and two
of the caravan party were killed.
. About the same time, a Baluch carrying water from Sanaislah to Sur was
kidnapped by two of the Meshaikh. The man was rescued by a party of Bani
Omar but the kidnappers escaped. One of the kidnappers was reported to be
Ah bin Rashid who kidnapped the Hindu Kurshandas Lalji in 1925, and who
has threatened to kidnap one of Khimji Ramdas’s men or loot his shop in Sur.
On the 4th February, Amir Muhammad bin Nasir of the Bani Bu Ali was
killed m an affray with the Bani Bu Hassan. He was a man of considerable
personality and his ambitions were at the root of the recent troubles.
The Amir Ali bin Abdullah, who had left for Mecca in November 1928 was
reported to have interviewed King Ibn Saud and to have left Jeddah for
Massowa in July. From Massowa he proceeded to Egypt. He arrived in Aden
m September and called on the Resident handing him a letter for the Political
i n ^ tt ^ >ers ^ an virtually demanding to be recognised as independent
ot Muscat. He returned to Jaalan in the beginning of November.
Sheikh Said bin Sultan al Majaala who was appointed Tamimah Sheikh of
the Jenebeh tribe by the Council of Ministers last year, came to Muscat towards
the end of October m order to impress on the Council the necessitv for dealing
with Sur affairs. '
In November, a slave belonging to the Bani Bu Ali was killed by one of the
and killed^ skives^" ° f Bam BU ^ made * rald ° n Bani Bu Hassan territory
The Bani Bu Ali wrote to Khimji Bamdas warning him not to send any
Bi! Hassan* 0 ^ mteri0r aS they were about to close the T °ad and fight the Baiii
, Gwadur.—-On the 25th March, bad feeling between the Agha Khanis and
alnchis at Gwadur, owing to the desecration of a mosque culminated in
'y ;:;; 1 —" which one Agha Khani was shot dead and various persons received
“STmatVhTn: foSrTd^ ^ ^ "' h ° Shut
in Mty fUrther j ° int enqUiry WaS held by the Po,itical a "d Finance Minister
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arrived in Muscat on^lst September anlTbft f CC< B^ ail - ed hj 3 ° ther Sheiklis
Thev returned to Muscat on^fith Nnvomi Bahrain on the 25th September.
a staff to work it. “stTn MuscntTw ? ^ W " ter . borin ^ machinery and
. 111181 111 Musc at they were guests of the State.
September. It w^sai^that liMri^d t^^f m J i Ilie bllt return ^ to Semail in
was unsuccessful. em Pl°y il ient from King Faisal but
r)iyau^ftf^K!;w?*almdatind°t f n Pa d a i mi attacked Bheikh Salim bin
the Sheikh who accomp-anied the Air Forp^ 1110 Eiyan was
assistance they were enabled to reach Sharjah^ 7 m May 1927 and wllose
“5 K? »' «• B- « .1 Tanqiil.
5 n-ri, 5 Bani All "Sf ftSTifttRJSaf
April-May. eiirs em and Hr. Harrison visited Sohar for one month during
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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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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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