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‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1882-83.’ [‎423r] (32/166)

The record is made up of 1 volume (79 folios). It was created in 1883. 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. FOR 1882-83.
Ameer, prepared to re-occupy Bereymee, and ^Azzan-bin-Keis and his
brother Ibraheem hastened to meet the danger. The Wahabees, how
ever, retired to Nejd on account of difficulties in their rear.
Seyyid Toorkee, who was now free to act in ^Oman, thinking the
time favourable, appeared on the scene, and landed on the so-called
" pirate coast" in the spring of 1870. On this occasion Seyyid Toorkee
was unsuccessful and obliged to return to Bunder ■'Abbas, but in Sep
tember, the same year, he again landed in ■'Oman, and defeated ^Azan-
bin-Keis at Dhank in El-Bhahirah with heavy loss. Seyyid Toorkee then
proceeded himself to the south-east of 'Oman, gathering considerable
forces as he went. Of these he placed a portion under command of
Seyf-bin Suleiman, Chief of the Beni-Riyam.
In January 1871 Seyf-bin-Suleiman attacked Matrah, and ^Azzan-
bin-Keis, having fallen in the encounter, Matrah and Muscat fell into the
hands of Seyyid Toorkee's adherents. Seyf-bin-Suleiman, the victorious
leader, was also killed on this occasion.
The accession of Seyyid Toorkee was generally popular in 'Oman,
, the tribes having somewhat resented the vigor-
Se„id Toorkee-bin-Sa eed, ^ centralizing policy adopted by Se y y i d 'Azzan
and El-Khaleylee. The latter person died a few days after the capture
of M uscat in confinement. ^
The leader of the ^Azzan faction was thereafter Ibraheem-bin-Keis,
who, for some time, maintained himself in Sohar.
During the next few years desultory efforts were made by the late
Saltan Seyyid Salim, and by Seyyid 'Abdul 'Azeez, a younger brother of
Seyyid Toorkee, to oust the latter. These proceedings led to both
princes being arrested on the sea by British authority, and detained in
Sind, where Seyyid Salim died in 1876. Seyyid 'Abdul Azeez was
subsequently invited by Seyyid Toorkee to return to Muscat to assist
him in the administration, but jealousies soon arose, and the plan was
unsuccessful. Seyyid Toorkee, feeling his position embanassing, letired
temporarily to Gwadur, on the Mekran coast, leaving Seyyid Abdul
'Azeez to deal with the affairs of the State. Ihe latter, having scanty
funds at his disposal, and being besides naturally less open-handed than
Toorkee, soon became unpopular and encountered opposition. Seyyid
Toorkee returned suddenly to Muscat in his brother s absence, and
resumed the reins of government. 'Abdul 'Azeez retired to theintenoi,
where he awaits an opportunity of possessing himself of the chief power.
During Sevyid Toorkee's reign, which has been the reveif-e or vl gp i "
ous, several attempts have been made to capture Muscat, in which
Ibraheem-bin-Keis, Salih-bin-Ali, El-Harthee, and Seyyid Abdul Azeez
have at times taken part; but these expeditions have not been conducted
with much skill or earnestness. .
Who will eventually establish his power in succession to the present
Sultan cannot with any confidence be predicted. Seyyid loorkee s sons
are young and inexperienced, and in Seyyid 'Abdul 'Azeez and beyvi
Ibraheem they will have formidable rivals. There are not wanting also
symptoms of plotting on the part of leaders of the Hinawee ac ion o
'Oman, with a view to a complete change of dynasty.
E. C. ROSS.
January, 1883.
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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 1882-83, 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 1883. A copy of a letter from Ross to the Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department), dated 17 July 1883, is included in the report (folio 409), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:

Part 1 (General Report), written by Ross (folios 410-17), 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]; Fárs; Persian Arabistan; Persian Beloochistan [Baluchistan]; and Bassidore. The general report also contains summaries on British naval movements in the Gulf for the year; changes in official personnel; and the Bushire observatory. Appendix A contains tabulated and graphical meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory. Appendix B is a genealogical table for the Shaikhs of Bahrain, from 1783 to the present day. Appendix C is a complete list of the Persian telegraph lines and stations, recorded in June 1883, with the length of each line given in kilometres.

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 1882-83), submitted by Major 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 10 May 1882 (folios 417-23), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat, as well as changes to British official personnel, and a brief report on the slave trade. An appendix contains an outline of the history of Oman from 1728 to 1883, written by Ross and dated January 1883.

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 1882), submitted by Ross (folios 423-78), 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], Bahrain and the Arab (Oman) coast. The appendix also includes data on opium shipments for the year from Bushire and Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], and British and foreign shipping at Bushire. An index to the trade tables can be found at folios 424-25.

Part 4 (Trade at Muscat), submitted by Mockler, dated 6 June 1883 (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), value and description of goods, 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 408 and ends on folio 487.

Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.

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