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Coll 20/16(2) 'Muscat: Diaries, News and Intelligence Summaries' [‎140r] (279/322)

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The record is made up of 1 file (159 folios). It was created in 8 Jan 1946-30 Mar 1948. 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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85. Mr. Amirchand, Locust Warning Officer, Gwadur, reported
to the British Agent on his return from tour that very little
locust breeding had taken place this year in the Mekran area.
86. On the 3rd, the Sub-Postmaster, Gwadur, received
orders to discontinue parcels, V.P.P., Money Order, and regis
tered mail services to Bombay until further notice. These
facilities have not so far been resumed.
87. On the 9th, the British Agent received information that
a British Subject named Muradbux was threatening to kill his
father with whom he had a long standing dispute and that Muradbux
had in his possession a loaded revolver. Muradbux was placed
under arrest.
SOUTH ARABIAN AIR-ROUTE
88. The Royal Air Force commenced evacuation of the Has al Hadd
aerodrome from the 1st.
TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
89.
Reference Serial No.51 of 1946-
Reports from Dhofar state that the opposition of the Bait
al Mi shard tribe is continuing and that casualities have been
suffered amongst the tribesmen and the Wali’s askars. No con
firmation of these reports has been received.
90. News has been received of the death of Shaikh Isa bin
Saleh of the Sharqiyah at Badiyah. Local information is that his
son, who is now in Muscat, is unlikely to succeed him and that
the c andidate most generally favoured is Shaikh Isa^ cousin,
Saleh bin Hamed.
The death of Shaikh Isa marks the passing of one of the
most colourful personalities in the history of Oman. Fanatically
religious, and possessed of great energy and an unsurpassed gift
for intrigue, he was instrumental, in recreating the Imaraate in
1913, and later in raising sufficient forces to extinguish the
influence of the Sultanate in the interior and, by threatening
the towns of Muscat and Mutrah during the 1914-18 war, to neces
sitate the despatch of British forces to assist the Sultan in the
protection of these towns. In 1920, as the result of his in
fluence in the negotiations which led to the ’’Treaty of Sib n ,
the Imamate became vertually an independent State. In more
recent years Shaikh Isa’s attitude towards the Sultanate mellowed
considerably and he paid a number of visits to Muscat as the
guest of the present Sultan.
92. S.S. "Barala” arrived from India on the 1st and left
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Fortnightly intelligence summaries sent 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. , Muscat, to the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and distributed from there to various other British and Indian Government offices.

The reports cover various subjects, each given their own sub-heading, such as British interests, aviation, local interests, foreign interests, meteorological, shipping, Royal Air Force, Navy, and miscellaneous. Events of note are sometimes given their own sub-heading within a report.

Most of the reports cover a period of two weeks but occasionally they cover a month.

Also contained in the file are 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. notes on sections of interest within the reports.

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1 file (159 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front. Not all reports are in order.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 161; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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