Political Correspondence - Muscat and Oman Affairs

IOR/R/15/6/4

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The record is made up of 1 file (183 folios). It was created in 8 Jun 1861-21 Oct 1871. 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 file contains letters on a variety of administrative and political matters in Oman. This includes correspondence relating to the appointment of Political Agents in Muscat, the Omani state's finances, and a descriptive account of Muscat by Mr Apothecary Gaspar de Rozario, and a Muscat trade report from 1867-April 1868. The file also includes printed and written reports relating to the suppression of Wahhabi pirates from 1865-66; printed copy correspondence relating to Bahrain from 1847-58; printed copy of correspondence relating to slave trade; 1866 resolution of the Ottoman Porte relative to the abolition and prevention of the slave trade; 1866-74 report on piracy in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by Captain Samuel Hennell, Assistant Resident in the Gulf; 1830 printed copy correspondence relating to the electric telegraph, 1861; a schematic chart of the coast of Persia, and printed copies of correspondence relating to Kalat 1861-71.

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1 file (183 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 185; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 105-170; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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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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IOR/R/15/6/4

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8 Jun 1861-21 Oct 1871 (CE, Gregorian)

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Political Correspondence - Muscat and Oman Affairs, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/6/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00021c> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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