Muscat Affairs

IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 198-208

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The record is made up of 1 item (11 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1850. 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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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures 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 63 of 1850 dated 2 November 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 10-27 September 1850.

The papers relate to the despatch of the steam frigate Auckland from Bombay [Mumbai] to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in response to the violation by Syed Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, of the Treaty between his father, the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the late Chief of Sohar [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Bū Sa‘īdī of Suhar].

The principal correspondent is the Under-Secretary to the Government of India.

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‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 104

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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/5/466, ff 198-208
Former external reference(s): No. 63 of 1850
Date(s): 2 Nov 1850 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Treaties
Places: Muscat
People & organisations: Governor of MuscatChief of Sohar

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 198-208
Title: Muscat Affairs
Pages: 198r:208v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence