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‘Administration report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1888-89.’ [58r] (24/60)
The record is made up of 1 volume (29 folios). It was created in 1889. 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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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.
FOB, 1888-89.
23
PAET II.—ANNUAL REPORT OP THE MUSCAT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
AND CONSULATE POR THE TEAR 1888-89.
Political.—M. the commencement of the official year there were slight
internal disturbances in' Oman.
In April an affray took place between the Hikman and Yal Bede tribes
near Barkab, regarding an old boundary dispute, in wliich six lives were lost.
Peace was speedily restored between the two tribes by a deputation sent from
Muscat by His Highness the Sultan.
A demonstration was also made by Shaikh Hilal-bin-Zahir at the head of
500 men against Manh, but the fort being well-guarded, the expedition failed,
and Shaikh Hilal returned to Nezwa without having attained any political
object.
Reports from Sohar stated that the Shahook and the Nakbieen tribes,
whilst on their way to attack the forts of Dibba and Kore Fakkan, were oppos
ed by the Sharkieen and Sultan-bin-Muhammad, the encounter resulting in the
death of 13 men of the Sharkieen. No action was taken by the Sultan in
regard to the above quarrel.
In May, His Highness Seyyid Turki took an important step in the dis
missal of his Minister Sayyid Sa'eed-bin-Muhammad, being convinced that his
long-continued ill-health was due to sorcery practised by his
Wazir
Minister.
, although
assured by Dr. Jayakar that his disease was iu no way connected with that art.
Attempts at a reconciliation failed, and finally Seyyid Sa'eed, who stated
that he went in fear of his life from the Sultan, was ordered to quit the neigh
bourhood and left in a native boat for the island of Kishm.
It appears that the dismissal of his minister was owing to no sudden change
in the Sultan's feelings towards him. Dislike and distrust had been growing
in Seyyid Turki's mind for some years past.
Matters were in this position at the death of His Highness Seyyid Turki,
which occurred on 4ith June 1888. Dr. Jayakar, who was then in charge of
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, reported as follows :—
« The late Sultan had been suffering from chyluria for many years, aod although for a
long time the disease was in abeyance, the last relapse of the disease, which proved to be a
serious and a continuous one, came on about a year ago. He never recovered from this attack,
and about the end of April, owing to the great weakness caused by the disease, he had to take
to his bed. On 15th May, owing to repeated attacks of syncope and palpitation, he was in
such a critical state that I bad to telegraph to you.* After
your departure from Muscat on 23rd May he seemed to
improve a little, but the improvement was only of a temporary nature and the weakness con
tinued to increase, although almost to the last moment he was able to conduct the affairs of
the State. Besides this. His Highness suffered from other chronic diseases, and his health
therefore had been in a precarious state for several years/'
The death of Seyyid Turki was fortunately not followed by disturbances of
any kind in Muscat, although it was considered advisable to take precautionary
measures with regard to British subjects owing to the possibility of an out
break.
The position of Sultan was forthwith assumed by Seyyid Feysal, the second
son of Seyyid Turki, who wrote to the officiating
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.
, desiring a
continuance of the friendly relations which existed between the British G-overn-
ment and his father, and praying for their protection and favour. Seyyid Fey-
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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. (no 265, Foreign Department serial no 25) for the year 1888-89, 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 21 June 1889, is included in the report (folio 48), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:
Part 1 ( General Summary ), submitted by Ross and dated 21 June 1889 (folios 49-57), containing numbered summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: 1) Oman and Muscat state; 2) Oman pirate coast, including Ras-el-Khaimah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], Umm-el-Kawain [Umm al-Qaywayn], ’Ajman, Shargah, Debaye [Dubai], and Abu-Dhabbi [Abu Dhabi]; 3) El-Bahrain; 4) El-Katr [Qatar]; 5) Nejd and El-Hasa [Al-Hasa]; 6) Fars and the Persian Coast; 7) Persian Arabistan; and 8) Persian Baluchistan. Summaries of official appointments, naval movements, slave trade activity and climatic observations taken at the observatory at Bushire conclude the report. Appendix A is entitled ‘Notes on the “Ibn Rasheed” family of Jebel Shammer, and present position of Mohammed “Ibn Rasheed”’, with a genealogical table of the Rasheed dynasty. Appendix B is a translation of the Shah of Persia’s proclamation of 1888. Appendix C is a copy of the regulations for the navigation of the river Karun. Appendix D contains tabulated meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory.
Part 2 ( Annual Report of the Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate for the Year 1888-89 ), submitted by Lieutenant Wallace Stratton, 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, containing a summary of affairs at Muscat (folios 58-59), under the headings: political affairs, official changes, and slave trade.
Part 3 ( Report on the Trade of South Persia and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1888 ), submitted by Ross (folios 60-69). The report comprises a short summary of the year’s trade, with notes on: produce, including grain, opium, tobacco, gum and wool; steamers and freights; imports, including cotton goods, copper, loaf sugar, and petroleum; banking agencies; the opening of the river Karun to navigation; and the pearl fisheries. Appendix A comprises tabulated data on import, exports and revenue, in the Gulf ports and towns of Bushire, Shiraz, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bahrain and the Arab coast. An index to the trade tables can be found at folio 61v.
Part 4 ( Muscat trade report for the year 1888-89 ), submitted by Stratton and dated 17 May 1889 (folios 70-75), 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 (29 folios)
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The report is arranged into four numbered parts, with lettered appendices containing further reports and statistical data following each part. The General Summary is further organised into numbered sections, and further divided into paragraphs which are also numbered, from 1 to 102.
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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 48, and ends on the last folio, on number 75.
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