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Persian Gulf Administration Reports 1883/84 - 1904/05 [‎43r] (90/602)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (299 folios). It was created in 1884-1906. 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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PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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.
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muscat political agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
FOR THE YEAR
1885-86.
PART I.—GENERAL.
1.—MUSCAT, OMAN.
A summary o£ political events at Muscat and in Oman during the past year by Lieutenant-
Colonel E. Mockler forms the second portion of the report.
2.—PIRATE COAST OP OMAN.
2. This part has been somewhat disturbed during the past year, and hostilities have
occurred between the tribes on land.
3. In May the son of the Chief of Umm-el-Kawain, Ahmed-bin-Abdullah^ of the tribe
Al-bu-Ali, quarrelled with his father and fled to Ejman, the Chief of which place, Rashid-bin-
Hameyd, refused to give him up. The Chief of Umm-el-Kawain then allied himself with
Sheikh Sakar-bin-Khalid, Chief of Shargah, with the intention of attacking Ejman.
4. Shortly after the Chief of Umm-el-Kawain despatched two buggarahs, with 50 men
and munitions of war, to a place between Ejman and El-Hajrah. The contents of the bugga
rahs were landed partly at El-Hajrah and partly at Shargah, in support of the Chief of
Shargah.
5. The Assistant Resident, Mr. Robertson, visited the Pirate Coast in her Majesty's
Reindeer in the month of November, and touched at Umm-el-Kawain, but Shaikh Ahmed-bin-
Abdullah evaded coming on board the vessel.
6. The Resident subsequently wrote to Shaikh Ahmed, saying that the 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. Agent
had been instructed to demand from him a formal writing binding himself to abstain from
the irregular conduct complained of, and that on his passing this paper his conduct would be
leniently viewed.
7. In August the 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. Agent successfully mediated and brought about a renewal
of the treaty of friendship between the Chiefs of Ejman and Hamriyeh, which was made by
them two years ago, on the conclusion of hostilities arising out of the murder of three
Hamriyeh subjects by some of the Ejman people.
8. About the end of November the Chief of Debay, having had some differences with the
Chief of Shargah, united with the Chief of Ejman and raided the districts of Shargah and
Ras-el-Khaimah.
9. Raids continued to take place between the people of Shargah and Ejman, and between
the townships of Umm-el-Kawain and Hamriyeh, and the animosity among the tribes
increased until January, when the treaty of peace between Shargah, Umm-el-Kawain, and Ras-
el-Khaimah on the one side, and Debay, Ejman, and Hamriyeh on the other, came to an end^.
10. On the 20th of that month the Chiefs of Debay, Ejman, and Hamriyeh, with about
1,000 Arabs and a field-piece, arrived at Shargah, and a battle ^nsued in which the people of
Shargah were completely defeated, with a loss of 40 killed and 25 wounded, the assailants
losing 5 killed only.
11. The 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. Agent interfered for the protection of the lives and property of
British subjects, and held the Chief of Debay, Shaikh Hashar-bin-Maktum, personally respon
sible for their safety,
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The volume contains printed copies of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Administration Reports. The Reports are incomplete (according to the introductory letters and lists of contents). Some of the Reports bear manuscript corrections. The following Reports are represented :

The Reports include a general summary 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. (covering the constituent agencies and consulates that made up the 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. , and topics such as the slave trade, piracy, the movements of Royal Navy ships, official appointments, and the weather); meteorological tables; separate reports on Muscat (also referred to as Maskat); reports on trade and commerce; and a number of appendices on special topics, such as supplementary notes on the care and culture of date trees and fruit (Report, 1883-84), historical sketch of the Portuguese in eastern Arabia (Report, 1884-85), notes on a tour through Oman and El-Dhahireh [Al Dhahirah] by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles (Report, 1885-86), notes on cholera in Persia (Report, 1889-90), report on the cholera epidemic in Maskat, Matrah, and Oman (Report, 1899-1900), and information on individuals and tribes.

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1 volume (299 folios)
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The Reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is an introductory letter/table of contents at the front of each Report, but these show that the Reports are not complete.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 3 on the second folio after the front cover, and continues through to 299 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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