'[Un-numbered File] Muscat Diary 1910' [86r] (171/278)
The record is made up of 1 file (137 folios). It was created in 8 Jan 1910-31 Dec 1910. 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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No. Of* 1910.
V 2 "
News f*or t»iie week ending 17tii SepteialDer 1910.
58S. Witix reference t»o Diary entry No.D78, His Highness the
Sultan ha^ ordered Abdul Karim to spend S or S Y/eeks on the
Eatineh Coast and further north up to Sohar, in view of his
rumoured success in connection with collecting •ashur*.
584. It is reported that a local Baluch gun-merchant, named
Aru (Harun) is making arrangements to deposit a stock of arms
and ammunition at Mutrah, sending in small quantities, prepara
tory to despatching then somewhere, probably to Koweit.
585. Several instances are reported of arms having been tlircwn
overboard by Nakhodas of native craft on sighting one of I-Tis
Majesty’s Ships.
586. Monsieur Wram, the gun-merchant, left for Bushire by the
Russian S,S. M Tigre” on the 14th, in connection with the recent
prohibition of the Shaikh of Bahrein.
587. A Geraan or German-Amorican/agent for several German an ?.
American arms manufacturing companies, arrived here by the
Russian 3.3. '’Tigre". He has brought soi.e samples of guns and
uUaPI ^ revolvers and noiseless gun-powder. Or the strength of repre-
a / ((cu ending some American firms he has ’planted’ himself on the
j, American Consul. He will probably proceed up the Gulf by next
mai-i. • a v '
Arrivals and dep artures,of Shins n
588. 8.3. ’’Nuddea” arrived with mails from Gwadur at 10 a,m.
and left for Bunder Abbas at 5.50 p.m. on 12th Instant*
589. S.8. ’’Kola” arrived with mails from Karachi at 10.15 a.^.
and left for Eushire at 11.15 a.m. on the 12th Instant.
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This file contains weekly entries 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. in Muscat on the general condition of Oman; arrivals and departures of ships; movement of British representatives; missionary enterprises; and aviation. The most significant parts of the file are entries relating to political events in Oman, and relations with prominent sheikhs and regional rulers as well as the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
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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 139; 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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- '[Un-numbered File] Muscat Diary 1910'
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