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'File 8/2 Muscat State Affairs: Boundary of Muscat' [20r] (39/60)
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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1
PRIVATE.
Muscat, the 1st April 1940.
Not being able to agree with Howes on one or two
points I have drawn a very rough map of the area I
understand to be claimed by the Sultan as part of his
territory.
In my view the Southern boundary of the northern
part of the State leaves the west coast of the Musandum
Peninsula just north of the town of Sha’am and after
running south turns east avoiding the town of Khatt and
reaches the coast at Dibah. Only the northern third of
this town is part of Muscat territory. The western
boundary of the southern area runs west from the coast
south of Khor Kalba to Khatm Malaha and turns south along
the top of the western Hagar hills and passes west of
Nasla in the 7/adi al Qaur and Shaikha in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hatta.
These two places which are each five hours by camel from
the coast mark the western limit of the Sultan^ territory
in these Wadis. The boundary turns south-west south of
Shaikha and runs to Baraimi avoiding Jebel Samaini which
is Beni Ka'ab territory. Passing through the Baraimi
Oasis the line travels south to Jebel Hafit and about half
way down this range bears away to the west. As regards the
Baraimi Oasis the Sultan, as I understand it, claims that
the villages occupied by the Naim and the Al Bu Shamis are
/ in Muscat
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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