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The record is made up of 1 file (134 folios). It was created in 1 Aug 1882-1 Dec 1884. It was written in English, Arabic 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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- Content
This file consists of exchanges to do with events and personalities in or around Gwadur [Gwadar] on the Makran Coast of Baluchistan. The file includes a list of important personalities in Oman, and the 1882 administration report and trade returns. The end of the file consists of an extensive biographical sketch of Sultan Sayyid Sa`id ibn Sultan by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles.
In between these items are letters on incidents of plunder and looting in Gwadur. They include subsequent applications to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for countermeasures or compensation by British protected subjects and responses from the Sultan of Oman's governor (Wali) in Gwadur at the time, Sayyid bin Musallem.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (134 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 136; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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.
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- English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/6/16
- Title
- 'Political'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 15r:18v, 21r:21v, 25r:25v, 29r:136v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence