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‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1881-82.’ [253r] (7/160)
The record is made up of 1 volume (79 folios). It was created in 1882. 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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PAET I.
GENERAL REPORT,
1. 'Oman.
The report furnished by the Officiating Political Ag-ent at Muscat
on the political affairs of that State forms Part II ot this Administra
tion Report.
The year was marked by many tribal affrays in different parts of
'Oman; but, although rumours were frequent of intended rebellions
against Seyyid Toorkee, Muscat itself remained unmolested, and the
apprehensions which existed have been for the time at least dispelled.
The Civil Surgeon, Dr. Jayakar, has furnished tables showing results
of meteorological observations taken at Muscat during the last five years.
These will be found in Appendix A to Part II.
2. Piuate Coast.
No changes have occurred in the governments of the trucial ports,
and the various chiefs have continued to respect their engagements to
Government. Peace was maintained by land as well as on the sea, and
the present
native agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
, Haji Abul Kasim, performed his duties much
to my satisfaction.
In the previous year's report, reference was made to the dispute
between the Chief of Shargah and his feudatories at Fajeyrah. This
quarrel was eventually terminated in October, to the satisfaction of all
concerned. Shaikh Hamed-bin-Abdullah, of Fajeyrah, made his sub
mission to Shaikh Salim, Chief of Shargah, - and agreed to pay the
customary tribute on account of date plantations. In return all past
offences were forgiven, and Shaikh Hamed allowed to retain the Gov
ernorship of Fajeyrah.
In December Shaikh Hamed-bin-Abdullah, Chief of Umm-el-
Kawain, appointed the Chief of 'Ejman to proceed as his agent to Ras-
el-Khaimah for the purpose of divorcing his wife, who is sister of the Ras-
el-Khaimah Chief. It appears that when the marriage was contracted,
it was stipulated that the lady should continue to reside at Ras-el-
Khaimah, and that her husband should spend a portion of the year with
her at that place. Quarrels arose out of this arrangement, as might
have been anticipated, and these disputes have not terminated with the
divorce. As fresh wranglings occurred about the disposal of certain
ornaments, &c., this has led to a feud between Umm-el-Kawain and
Ras-el-Khaimah, the first result of which was an affray at Ramss, a
dependency of Ras-el-Khaimah. The assailants were the crews of seven
boats belonging to Umm-el-Kawain. and these severely beat the crew of
a Ras-el-Khaimah fishing boat. On inquiry it appeared that the Umm-
el-Kawain boats had gone with an intention of seeking a quarrel, and
that the Chief of Umm-el-Kawain was aware of this. I therefore
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Administration report for the 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. and Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the year 1881-82, by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, 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. . The report was published by Authority, by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing in India, Calcutta [Kolkata] in 1882. A copy of a letter from Ross to the Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department), dated 6 July 1882, is included in the report (folio 252), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:
Part 1 (General Report), written by Ross (folios 253-57), containing summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: Oman; the Pirate Coast; Bahrain; Nejd, El-Hasa [Al-Hasa] and El-Katr [Qatar]; and Southern Persia and Biluchistan [Baluchistan]; plus reports on British naval movements in the Gulf for the year; slave traffic; and the Bushire observatory. Appendix A contains tabulated and graphical meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory.
Part 2 (Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the year 1881-82), submitted by Major Charles Grant, Her Britannic Majesty’s 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. and Consul at Muscat, dated 10 May 1882 (folios 258-61), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat, as well as changes to British official personnel, and a brief report on the slave trade. Appendix A contains tabulated meteorological data for the year, recorded at the Civil Hospital in Muscat.
Part 3 (Report on Trade for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for 1881), submitted by Ross (folios 262-319), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade, and followed by an appendix containing tabulated data on trade, including data on imports and exports into and out of the Gulf ports of Bushire, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bahrain and the Arab (Oman) coast. The appendix also includes data on British and foreign shipping at Bushire, and a statement showing silk, cotton and woollen manufactures in Persia. An index to the trade tables can be found at folios 262-63.
Part 4 (Trade at Muscat), submitted by Grant, dated 10 May 1882 (folios 320-28), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade at Muscat, and an appendix containing tabulated data on imports and exports at Muscat (listed by commodity), and the nationality and average tonnage of vessels visiting Muscat.
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- 1 volume (79 folios)
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The report is arranged into a number of parts and sections, with tabulated statistical data following each part in a separate appendix.
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on folio 251 and ends on folio 329.
Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
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- ‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1881-82.’
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- front, front-i, 251r:328v, 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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