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'File 8/2 Muscat State Affairs: Boundary of Muscat' [16r] (31/60)
The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 26 Jan 1936-28 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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PRIVATE.
Muscat, the 1st April 1940.
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Your private letter dated 15th March about the
“ilaqas' 1 of the Sultan and Trucial Sheikhs.
^ enclose a map showing the approximate extent
of these areas, also a note on the M harams M of the
principal tribes. Hickinbotham is sending in a separate
map, and has mentioned the three small areas on which we
had some disagreement, i.e.
(a) .the area north of Sha'am,
(b) .the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Qaur,
and (c).the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hatta.
I have shown these on my sketch map with dotted boundaries
and in both colours.
3. As regards (a)j the Sheikh of Ras al Khaimah
claims to control up to Jebel Qir, between Sha , am and
Bokha. Information in Muscat is that the northern portion
of Sha’am itself is held by dependants of the Sultan.
As regards (b) and (c); I have information of settlements
of dependants of the Jawasim Sheikhs in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Qaur,
and of dependants of Sheikh of Dubai in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hatta.
Hickinbotham has given in his letter the limits of the
Sultan's claim in these areas; but I cannot say without
further investigation whether the r 'Trucial" settlements
are in his area or in the tribal area.
4. Hickinbotham and I disagree more widely about the
area north of Jebel Samaini. In my opinion the line on
/his map
The Hon'ble Lt.-Colonel C.G.Prior, C.I.E.,
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.
,
Bushire.
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This file concerns the boundaries of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It includes four copies of a single page of notes on the boundaries of the Sultanate, dated January 1936 and 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. and Consul, Muscat (ff 3-6), together with four versions of an accompanying sketch map showing the limits of the Sultanate (ff 7-10).
The remainder of the file is mainly correspondence exchanged between 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. and 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. , regarding whether or not certain locations fall within Muscat territory. One particular letter from 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. to 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. , dated 29 June 1944, provides details of what the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] considers to be the interior boundaries of Muscat (these are given as four sets of degree coordinates, which the Sultan is said to have received from a previous 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 Ralph Ponsonby Watts).
Included among the correspondence are two further sketch maps depicting the north-eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (28 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-28; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/6/186
- Title
- 'File 8/2 Muscat State Affairs: Boundary of Muscat'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 11r:18v, 20r:21v, 23r:29v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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