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‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1886-87.’ [337v] (8/60)
The record is made up of 1 volume (27 folios). It was created in 1887. 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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL
away on the pearl banks. The Umm-el-Kawain force entered Himriyah, which they pillag-ed
and fired, carrying off twenty-five slaves and some cattle and booty. The Chief of Himriyah
shut himself up in his fort, and the Umm-el-Kawain force withdrew. A few men and
women were killed on this occasion.
To avenge this disaster. Shaikh Hashar-bin-Maktum, the Chief of Debay, took the field,
in June, with 35 horsemen and 400 camel-riders, and proceeded against Umm-el-Kawain,
being joined on the way by contingents from Himriyah and Ajman. When in sight of Umm-
el-Kawain and awaiting expected reinforcements, the Chief of Himriyah proposed to destroy
certain date-groves belonging to Umm-el-Kawain, but to this the Debay Chief would not
consent. The Himriyah Chief then proceeded to make petty raids towards Umm-el-Kawain,
and falling in with two men of the Beni-Katab made them prisoners and slew a man of the
Alali tribe, who was leaving Umm-el-Kawain. The Chief of Debay disapproving these pro
ceedings broke up his camp and returned home.
The ex-Chief of Shargah, Shaikh Salim-bin-Sultan, thought the time was favourable for
an attempt to regain his position at Shargah, and visited Ajman with this view. His hopes
being disappointed he returned to the island of Bu-Musa.
In June a feud broke out between Shaikh Muhammad-bin-Ali of the El-Noeym of El-
Bereymi and the El-Jowasim, owing to the Noeymi^s dissatisfaction at his treatment when on
a visit to the Chief of Shargah. Some raids were made by the El-Noeym towards Shargah,
and an attack on that town or on Ras-el-Kheimah was apprehended.
In September, Shaikh Sakar-bin-Sultan of Shargah preceeded on a visit to the Chief of
Debay to renew the treaty of alliance they had formed, and to endeavour to induce the Debay
Chief to join with him in attacking Ajman.
The cause of the renewal of hostility between Shargah and Ajman was as follows :—
A respectable merchant of Ajman named Khalifah-bin-Masabbah, being displeased with
the Chief of Ajman removed to Shargah, whereupon the Ajman Chief seized Khalifah's
house and property, and detained his boat and crew prohibiting the latter from joining
him at Shargah. The Shargah Chief remonstrated, and requested Ajman either to allow
the crew to join Khalifah or to pay the amount of the latter's claim against them.
This request not being complied with, divers began to desert from Shargah to Ajman
and vice versa. Shargah having consulted Umm-el-Kawain as to the propriety of attack
ing Ajman, the Chief of Umm-el-Kawain tried to effect a reconciliation, advising Ajman
to settle Khalifah-bin-Masabbah's just claims, but the Ajman Chief declined, and sought
the alliance of Umm-el-Kawain, but without success. Eventually, by the intervention of 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, the crew of Khalifah-bin-Masabbah's boat were restored to him.
On the 22nd November 1886, Shaikh Hashar-bin-Maktum, Chief of Debay, died. The
choice of his successor lay between the late Chief's son Maktum and his brother Rashid.
Eash had supporters of nearly equal numbers, but eventually the elders of the tribe prevailed
on the people to decide the matter peaceably, and Shaikh Rashid-bin-Maktum was elected
Chief. The election being open to no objection was recognised by the Resident.
The pearl fishery on the Oman Coast having been unsatisfactory, and the last take of
mother-o'-pearl in the Red Sea having been considerable, some 200 boats have gone from
Oman to the Red Sea for this season's fishing with more numerous crews than usual. ,
3.—BAHRAIN.
These islands have enjoyed peace and prosperity during the past year, and there is no
thing of interest to add to their history.
The Chief, Shaikh Eesa-bin-Ali, continues to maintain intimate friendly relations with
the Na eem tribe of the mainland, to whom, and to other Arabs of the mainland, he makes
yearly presents of considerable value. Indeed a large portion of the revenues of Bahrain are
dissipated in this manner without any ostensible compensating advantage.
In the early part of the year the Moteserrif of El-Hasa wrote to Shaikh Eesa accusing
him of having caused the secession of certain Arab tribes from the Governor of El-Bidda, and
also of having aided the Clnef of Abu-Dhebbi in his movements against El-Katr. Shaikh
Kesa foiwaided this letter to the Acting Resident, who advised him to reply in courteous
terms that the reports which had reached the Turkish Governor were unfounded.
In the summer, robberies were committed on Bahrain boats in the Turkish port of El-
Katif, and remonstrances were duly made. These annoyances have ceased of late.
In August Abdullah-bin-Su'ood-bin-Eeysal visited Bahrain, probably in hopes of receiv-
ng presents from the Chief.
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Administration Report on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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 1886-87, published by Authority and printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta [Kolkata]. A copy of a letter from 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. and Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for Fars, to Henry Mortimer Durand, Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department), dated 2 June 1887, is included in the report (folio 336), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:
Part 1 ( General Summary , folios 337-43) containing numbered summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: 1) Muscat state; 2) the pirate coast of Oman; 3) Bahrain; 4) Nejd, El-Hasa [Al-Hasa] and El-Katr [Qatar]; 5) Fars, including Shiraz, Bushire and its districts, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 6) Arabistan; and 7) Persian Baluchistan. The report also includes summaries for: 8) British actions against the slave trade; 9) Official appointments of British personnel and naval movements; 10) climatic observations, recorded by the observatory at Bushire; and a short note on the celebration of Queen Victoria’s jubilee in the region. 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 1886-87 ), submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Mockler, 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 21 May 1887 (folios 344-45), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat.
Part 3 ( Report on the trade of South Persia for the year 1886 , folios 345-55), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade, with notes on: exports (cereals, tobacco); imports (Manchester [cotton] goods, metals and sugar); and shipping, including notes of freight, exchange and customs. Appendix A comprises tabulated data on import, exports and revenue, in the Gulf ports of Bushire, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e ʻAbbās, Bahrain and the Arab (Oman) coast. An index to the trade tables can be found at folio 346v.
Part 4 ( Muscat trade report for the year 1886-87 ), submitted by Mockler, dated 21 May 1887 (folios 356-62), comprising a brief summary of the year’s trade at Muscat, and also 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 (27 folios)
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The report is arranged into four numbered parts, with lettered appendices containing further reports and statistical data coming after each part.
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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 the first folio, on number 335, and ends on the last folio, on number 362.
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- Title
- ‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1886-87.’
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- front, 334v:362v, i-r, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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