'Persian representation at Muscat' [28r] (59/240)
The record is made up of 1 file (119 folios). It was created in 5 Jun 1914-23 Jul 1921. It was written in English and Persian. 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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To,
Reoeate^l
No:
Dated
T3 T ICGHAM. " P "
F tot ^ i , Foreign
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P.R. in P.Gr.
967.S.
Si87xS.
24. 10.14.
We have received the following addressed to Foreign
Office by Townley with reference to my telegram Vo: 864.S. of
7th: October last . Begins
Your telegram No: 256 .
I have made a communication to Minister for Foreigi
Affairs in the sense of Viceroy's telegram l T o: October 7th:
and have fcsKMx received an answer expressing satisfaction of
the Persian Government at the instructions issued fey to Resident
Masqat .Fnds,
In these circiuistances it wou] d he unnecessary
for
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.
to sound Sultan as proposed in your
telegram No: 1,224 date^ October 13th: if he h-s not already
done so .
"Foreign ".
T^^egram , Knox , Bushire to Berm Masciat ,
J ated 25.10.14.
<
Demi Official . please cancel my confidential Demi
Official docTcet telegram of 13th: October unles you have alre^tly
taXen action thereon . You need maXe no communicrtion .
Knox.
Repeated by post to Political Afent , Masqat , froni Bushire "under
date 25-10-14 •
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This file includes correspondence between 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the 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. at Muscat. There are also correspondence with Walter Beaupré Townley, Minister to Persia; Muhammad Amin Beg [Muḥammad Amīn Beg], the Turk; the Commissioner of Sind, Karachi; Edward Gelson Gregson, Superintendent of Police, Karachi.
The file consists of three sections of correspondence:
- Folios 3-37 concern Persian representation at Muscat raised by the Governor of Bushire following a report of an attack on a Persian shopkeeper at Muscat inHabl ul Matin [Ḥabl al-Matin] in 1914-1915;
- Folios 39-56 concern issues to do with the uprising and the Treaty of Seeb [Sīb], 1920, and includes a 'Brief survey of causes and history of the rebellion of the Oman tribes under the leadership of their elected Imam Sheikh Salim bin Rashid-al-Kharusi [Salīm bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī] till 1915'
- Folios 58-115 concern Ottoman Turkish subjects, among them Muhammad Amin Beg, in Muscat and their possible influence on the Sayyid Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd, the Sultan of Muscat, and includes 'List of Turks who are new, or were until recently, resident in Mascat (f 75-76) and extracts from Karachi intelligence Diary' 19 and 20 September 1914.
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- 1 file (119 folios)
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the final folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Three other incomplete foliation sequences run alongside the main sequence between ff. 1-37, ff 39-56 and ff 58-117; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Fold out folios: 74-75, 87-88.
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- Title
- 'Persian representation at Muscat'
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- front, front-i, 1r:5v, 5ar:5av, 6r:57v, 60r:62v, 69r:86v, 94r:117v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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