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‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1881-82.’ [258v] (18/160)
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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14 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
POLITICAL
6. The two months^ truce between the Beni-boo-Ali and the Beni-
boo-Hassan havin" 1 expired^ the former, having given the stipulated five
days' notice, attacked the latter at Jowabi-el-Khoweyseh. The loss of
life in this action was heavy, the Beni-boo-Ali losing 60 men, and the
Beni-boo-Hassan 75. The Beni-boo-Hassan were completely routed and
dispersed, and took refuge in the tower called Buiz-el-Khoweyseh. The
numbers engaged on both sides were not exactly known, but it appears
that the Beni boo-Ali were aided by the Jenebeh, Beni Easid, and
Hishim tribes, whilst the Beni-boo-Hassan fought alone.
7. At the commencement of July, an increased tax, or octroi of 5
per cent., was established by His Highness Seyyid Toorkee on all produce
arriving from the interior. The former tax on the various articles of pro
duce varied from about 11 to per cent., and was included in the general
lease granted to the farmer of customs. The increased tax was purchased
for the year for $15,000. His Highness Seyyid Toorkee was strongly dis
suaded by Seyyid Hilal-bin-Ahmed and other influential persons in Mus
cat fiom establishing this tax, and was advised to reduce his expenditure
rather than exasperate the tribes by an increased tax on their goods.
His Highness, who was in great want of money, did not take this advice,
but carried out his plans.
8. In July Shaikh Suleiman-bin-Saeed was murdered at Seheleh by
the Beni Saeed, and a few days after a servant of His Highness was
killed by a party of the Beni Naeen; the object of both these murders was
political, as both the tribes were on bad terms with His Highness and
were threatening to attack Sohar • but on the arrival of Hisllighness's
yacht I)ar-el-Salam at that port with stores and ammunitions 0 for the
garrison, they abandoned their design.
9. The marriage of Seyyid Feysel, the second son of the Sultan,
with his cousin Ale_\eh, the daughter of the late Seyyid Thoweynee, was
celebrated on the 6th August, and on the 15th idem His Highness enter
tained all Europeans at dinner in honour of the event. On the 22nd of
August, His Highness Seyyid Toorkee proceeded in Her Majesty's ship
Woodlark to Gwadar for change of air.
10. From July to September disquieting rumours prevailed regard
ing a coalition of the tribes under Shaikh Saleh-bin-Ali against Muscat,
but owing to disagreements amongst the leaders it all felfthrough. His
Highness Seyyid Toorkee returned from Gwadar on 19th September.
11 'u 0 x? 2 t t , h ? e i ob .f news arrived that the fort of Nakal had been
taken by the Theel-Zanbeh. His Highness Seyyid Toorkee left for Bur-
ka immediately, with the intention of collecting a force to re-capture it ■
but on his arrival there he found that, through the mediation of Mahom-
ed-bm-Zenanee Shaikh, of the Beni Hadram tribe, the enemy had with-
drawn on receiving $500. His Highness paid this sum, and after mak
ing some presents to the headmen of Nakal returned to Muscat on 1st
November. From 2nd to 7th November His Highness the Sultan was
ill, and was constantly attended by the Civil Surgeon, Dr. Jayakar.
12. On the evening of 25th November a
Banian
Merchant of Indian extraction.
was assassinated in
the streets of M uttra, and the murderer escaped. Suspicion fell on the
\\ ahabee garnson, but the Sultaa has entirely failed to trace the
murderer.
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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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- IOR/V/23/42, No 190
- Title
- ‘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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence