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'File A/14 Muscat Diaries' [‎82r] (163/326)

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The record is made up of 1 file (161 folios). It was created in 5 Jan 1927-6 Jan 1930. 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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Ho. 14 of 1936.
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. & Consulate,
Muscat, the 1st August 1928.
MUSCAT HE’78 FOR THE PERIOD FROM 16TH TO 318T JULY 1928.
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LOCAL OFFICIALS.
Salyid Liakat All, Muscat State Treasurer, died at
Karachi on the 15th. He vas sick at muscat and had *e> proceed^/^
on 2 months leave.
Saljtied 3a f id Mn Tairaur arrived from Bombay on the 18th
where he had proceeded direct from Baghdad to meet his father
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His Highness the Sultan of Muscat before leaving gor England.
The Ministers of the Council met him on board and the notables
of Muscat at the Customs wharf which was decorated for the
occasion. A salute of 15 gune was fired from the Sultan’s
fifing battery as he landed from the s. s. ,, BAR0DA ,, •
Saiyid Hamood bin Mamed, Wall of <%aiq arrived in
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Muscat on the 19th and died of heart failure on the 22nd. It
Is said Me was to be married and had come to Muscat to make
necessary preparations.
Saiyid Hasir bin Hasmod, his son, has succeeded him
as Wali of Swaiq, with the approval of the •hatan.
Shaikh Keshid bin Uaaiz Minister of Religious Affaire
and Official Qasi, died on the 26th. He was Buffering from
bad hernia.
Shaikh Isa bin Saleh of Muscat who was a clerk to the
late Shaikh Rashid bin Uaaia, has been appointed Official
with the Multan.^
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF P^HIPS.
H.M.8.CROCUS" arrived lata and left for Bombay on the
24th.
The s.b."BAR0DA m arrived from India on the 18th and
left for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
H.M.S*"TRIAD" arrived on the 18th and saluted the
Muscat flag. The salute was duly returned by the sultan’s
firing Maty: battery. H.M.S."TRIAD" left for Kalba Fujeira
on the 38th.

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This file contains the daily political diaries of 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. in Muscat. It includes information categorised under the condition of the country, arrivals and departures of ships, movement of British representatives, missionary enterprises, aviation and other subheadings. Many of the events recorded pertain to exchanges and visits between leading notables and merchants of Oman and the Gulf and their relations to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.

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1 file (161 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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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 163; 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.

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