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‘File XXXVIII/5 REPORT ON SUR. By MAJOR G. P. MURPHY., I.A. P. A., MUSCAT. 10-10-1928.’ [87r] (184/308)
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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the incident forgotten as rapidly as the promises
made to former Suit ns on their visits there. Beyond
lowing a fe" , ’ T fines and possihly destroying a certain
amount of property,the.result obtained is meagre.
It tends to make British Herchants at Sur more
unpopular than ever with their customers and forces
them eventually to seek their means of livelihood
elsewhere.
I may mention that although naval action against
he .Tens boh is easy, such action against the BaniyBu Adi
woirSLd present a more difficult pro Diem.
In 1^29 1 the Resident T,r ent to Sur,accompanied by H.H.
the Sultan, t^o frigates am a squadron, to/i-ecover
property ^Sprth eight
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
which the BAni Bu Ali had
plundered o^f the S.S.Oscar which ram ashore on that
coast. It w&Sl remarked at the yuae. ’’Finding that,
this chief and \ribe , in . consequence of their re-.i-
-ding in the intenLor grere ^iolly u.ntangibl: b;
naval means alone, th^Bri^ish authority conceived it
useless to attempt forehand therefore endeavoured to
create such an impresVio*} Vi the minds of the inhab-
-itants of this dangerous cowBt as would be linely to-
prove highly beneficial to any J^ritis.i s i ~.— cxiav -*.•
''civ '* 1 e mistosfunc to suiiei' a ssmilar accident*♦
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(B.G.Selections vOsJV.p.^f. J
si:aila/accident befel the S.S.CenWr wuich.in
1852 ,ra/ashore near Ras el Hadd. The Bu All
ulundfed the whole of her cargo valued atVo or 11
,nd destroyed the vessfti.
(3. a . Se lect ions XXIV. p * )
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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.’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:22v, 24r:31v, 34r:98v, 100r:146v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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