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‘File XXXVIII/5 REPORT ON SUR. By MAJOR G. P. MURPHY., I.A. P. A., MUSCAT. 10-10-1928.’ [‎79r] (168/308)

The record is made up of 1 volume (146 folios). It was created in 28 Apr 1928-25 Oct 1928. 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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subjoct - Kotimul SukkumuX - was broken into at
noon by two men. An Arab and a slare, whilst the
owner was upstairs. The robbers ran away on seeing
the owner coming down taking with them $ 138/- in cash
and ornaments worth # 95/-. ’Whilst running away,they
dropped # 45/-worth of ornaments which were recorered.
; Mahomed bin Haser of the Bani Bu Ali removed the
flagstaff from his house at Aiqa and erected a new
flagstaff on ground level. On the 2lst September,
Abdulla bin Saleh,mentioned above,hoisted Ibn Baud*8
flag on the newly erected flagstaff. A salute of three
guns was fired when the flag was hoisted and one gun
when it was lowered in the evening.
This appears to be a x^^silel to the action of Saiyid
F&dhl bin Alawi Moplah at Bhofar in 1875 when the 1
latter styled himself as Governor of Dhofar under
the Ottoman Porte. At th'^-t tamo —At tout ion oj
Ufojaotyi? an TtT »vim«nt n nulled fte-tAlQ unriffRTTr
ability of^lthn cTriiiirinlrn nin -i mi'i i n Oluiwjt^cs Al a^y
■ftti. I uf S’auth Arabian coartr.
c d -r 4 iTO. n_ J > o h*.,
q 1 On to. 2 i.% S.ptajab.r,. Budiyah .
(Imam’s territory) which iad brought dry dates for
Khimji Bamdas and obtained advances for a further
svipply#was returning to Budiyah laden with rice. It
was seized by a party of Fuwaris under one Said bin
Abdulla who was t e leader of the party who looted
Khimji Ramdas’s boat on the £!st August, baser bin Ali,
Khimji Ramdas’s landlord,succeeded in intercepting them
before they had reached Jebel El Red and recovered the
caravan without loss. Said went to the ^ali and
threatened him that if the Council did not release the
man whoa they had arrested at Muscat in connection with
the looting of the buggalow Large trading vessel. ,he would commit further
mischief.
On the 26th September .Mahomed bin Naser wrote to the
f Sur not to allow caravans to come to S

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The volume includes four copies of a report on Sur (ff 1-10, ff 13-23, ff 44-94 and ff 99-146) prepared 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, Major Gerald Patrick Murphy. The report is dated 25 October 1928 and it covers the affairs at Sur from the early 1800s up until the late 1920s. The table of contents includes: map of Sur; geographical description of Sur; historical summaries of the Bani Bu Ali and the Janabah tribes; the slave trade at Sur; recent events; a review of the situation.

The report is very similar to the report on Sur affairs (ff 129-156 and ff 256-291) found in IOR/R/15/6/62.

The correspondence in the volume also includes copies of letters from 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 Sir Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth.

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1 volume (146 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 146; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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‘File XXXVIII/5 REPORT ON SUR. By MAJOR G. P. MURPHY., I.A. P. A., MUSCAT. 10-10-1928.’ [‎79r] (168/308), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/6/65, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100055635843.0x0000a9> [accessed 28 April 2024]

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