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Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs [264r] (9/24)
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Enclosura No- 4.
No. 4127; dated Bombay Castle, the 31st August 1871.
From —W. Wedderburn, Esq., Actg. Secy, to the Govt, of Bombay, Political Dept.
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
In continuation of my letter dated the 16th instant, No. 3788, I have
the honor, by direction of His Excellency the Governor
in Council, to forward for the information of the Go
vernment of India, the accompanying copies of News
Reports received 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, and
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.
at Muscat.f
* No. 902—241.
f No. 17.
NEWS REPORT.
No. 902—241, dated Bushire, the 14th August 1871.
Cholera has carried off many people during the last fortnight, hut has
now abated somewdiat. The malarious condition of the plain immediately out
side the town, and which is flooded for miles at every spring tide, is considered
by the medical department as contributing to the unhealthy state of Bushire.
It is alleged that cholera still prevails at Lingah and along the coast line
to Congoon, as also in the interior.
The islands of Bahrein, too, are reported not yet clear of cholera. The
villages of Sittreh and Bedeeyeh, and Jaffair on the western side, being still
infected.
In Guttur, also, some of the villages are still infected.
Her Majesty’s steamer Magpie left for a cruize on the 2nd instant.
Her Majesty’s gun-boat Hugh Hose arrived from a cruize on the 8th
instant.
The peace at sea continues undisturbed.
The pearl fishery is said to be remarkably prosperous this year, and a very
large out-turn is expected.
(Signed) L. PELLY, Lieut.-Colonel,
M. B. M?s Bolitieal Resident
in the Bersian Gulf.
MUSCAT NEWS REPORT.
From the Qlh to the 2Qth August 1871.
No. i7, dated Muscat, the 20th August 1871.
His Highness Syud Toorkee having returned on the 6th instant from the
Batinah Coast, the formal recognition of His Highness as the Ruler of Muscat
by the British Government was intimated on the morning of the 8th. On the
occasion the Senior Naval Officer on the station, and officers of Her Majesty’s
steamer Bullfinch, as well as the officers of Her Majesty’s schooner Constance,
and other English residents, accompanied 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 wait on His
Highness, by whom they were received with due ceremony.
The recognition having been intimated in the terms directed by the Gov
ernment of India, His Highness was congratulated, after which a royal salute
of 21 omns was fired from Her Majesty’s Ship Bullfinch for His Highness the
Sultan? The vessels in harbour were dressed, and the day kept as a holiday.
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871.
The papers consist of telegrams from the Political Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, enclosing correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, 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. ; Major Edward Charles Ross, 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; and others.
The papers cover: political intelligence concerning Muscat; report of cholera in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; report on pearl fisheries in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the formal recognition by the British Government, and the Government of India, of Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] as Ruler of Muscat; précis of intelligence received from the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Shiraz; and reports on the movements of Sayeed Abdool Azeez [Sayyid Abdu'l-Aziz bin Said al-Said], brother of Syud Toorkee, at Charbar [Chābahār] and Gwadur [Gwadar].
The Enclosures are dated 18 August to 26 September 1871.
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