News from Muskat

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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 94[?] of 1840.

The enclosure consists of a letter from Captain Atkins Hamerton, on mission to Muskat [Muscat], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Lestock Robert Reid, dated 13 October 1840. Hamerton reports news including: the arrival of a large gooncha (a vessel similar to a bugla Large trading vessel. ) at Muskat from Bahrein [Bahrain]; the death of Nassir Ullah Khan [Naṣr[?] Allāh Khān], the ferman ferman [ Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). Firma] of Shiraz; the report of the King of Persia [Shāh of Iran] having concluded a peace for one hundred thousand toomans [ tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. ] with the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad being untrue; relations between the Governor of Shargah [Sharjah], Hisson Suggur [Ḥasan[?] Saqr] and his father the Chief of Rasel Khymah [Ras Al Khaimah], Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ]; and relations between the Imam of Muskat and the ‘Chief’ of Sohar, Hamard bin Azan [Ḥamūd bin Azan Āl Bū Sa‘īd].

Extent and format

1 item (4 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 26

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/388

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 883-886

Former external reference(s)

No. 94 of 1840

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Oct 1840 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Bilateral relations

Places

PersiaPersian Gulf

People & organisations

Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar

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News from Muskat, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 883-886, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100141978055.0x00000a> [accessed 28 August 2024]

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