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'Report on the Administration of the Bushire Residency including that of the Muscat Political Agency, with Reports on Trade for 1873-74.' [38v] (76/92)
The record is made up of 46 folios. It was created in 1874. 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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report on administration of the
Administration Report of the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Muscat, for the
year 187^-74.
Political. —The close of the official year 1872-73 saw tranquillity
prevailing in nearly all parts of the principality of Oman, the political
horizon comparatively clear of clouds, and the situation altogether much
more favourable for His Highness Syud Toorkee than it had been at the
commencement of that year. His Highness' nephew, Syud Salim bin
Thoweynee, after protracted efforts to overthrow His Highness' authority,
had found himself unable to organize a sufficiently powerful combination
of the tribes for this purpose, and despairing of success had embarked
at Soor and proceeded to Bombay; and with the exception of Syud
Ibrahim bin Kais, who still held possession of Sohar and some other
forts in the Batinah, no rival now remained in the country who could
cause Syud Toorkee any great anxiety or trouble.
The first notable event of the, year was the mission of His Excel
lency Sir Bartle Frere, G.C.S.I., who had been appointed by Her
Majesty's Government Special Envoy for the purpose of negotiating
more stringent treaties for the suppression of the East African slave-
trade. His Excellency, accompanied by Colonel Pelly and suite, arrived
at Muscat from Maculla and Zanzibar in Her Majesty's Ship Enchantress
on the 12th April, and was received with much cordiality and frankness
by Syud Toorkee, with whom a new Slave Treaty was speedily and satis
factorily entered into. The mission made only a short stay of four
days and left for India on the 16th April. An important result to the
Sultan of this mission was the decision of Her Majesty's Government
to guarantee the payment of the annual subsidy of $40,000 awarded
by Lord Canning in 1861 to be paid by the Ruler of Zanzibar to the
Ruler of Muscat. This seasonable increase of income was a great relief
to His Highness whose embarrassments had continued to be a source
of much anxiety to him.
During the same month of April Syud Nasir bin Ali A1 bu Saidi,
the AVullee or Governor of Muscat, was unfortunately murdered in his
house on the night of the 14th by two assassins who are supposed to
have belonged to the tribe Beni Ruweyeh and to have committed the
deed in revenge for the death of Sheikh Khaleelee.
Sometime in May a serious collision took place between the El
Nairn and Beni Kelban tribes of El Dhahireh in which the latter were
worsted with a loss of more than 40 men. The cause of the contention
was the fort of Bu Einem which the El Nairn had sometime previously
taken possession of.
At this time Saeed Abdool Azeez bin Saeed and Syud Salim were
residing in Bombay, but on the 1st June it was reported by the Com
missioner of Police that they had left almost simultaneously in bu^alows
and were supposed to have proceeded to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
or Mekran
Coast.
Early in the same month Syud Feysul bin Hamood of El Rostak
gave over the fort of El Hazam in the Batinah to Syud Ibrahim bin
Kais, who thereupon came down from Sohar and assumed possession of it.
The Acting
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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Colonel Ross, arrived
at Muscat on a tour on the 30th June.
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Report on the Administration of the Bushire 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. including that of the Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , with Reports on Trade for 1873-74 , printed at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta, 1874.
The report is split into two sections and further into subsections. The first section relates to 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. at Bushire, the second to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat.
The first section on Bushire consists of three sub-sections:
- An administration report by the 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, that gives an update on political and administrative matters for various places and sheikhdoms in the region, as well as notes on weather, medical matters, and the slave trade (folios 2-6);
- A trade report, also written by Ross, that includes notes on the various ports, the main commodities, transport, and customs (folios 6-9);
- Twenty-four tables of trade statistics (A-X) (folios 9-38).
The second section on Muscat consists of two sub-sections:
- An administration report written by the 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. , Major Samuel Barrett Miles, which gives a political and administrative update on the country, including notes on slave traffic and trade (folios 38-40);
- Six tables of trade statistics (A-F) (folios 41-46).
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- 46 folios
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The report is arranged in two sections: the first relating to the Bushire 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. , the second the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat.
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