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Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs [266v] (14/24)
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Telegram dated the 2tth July 1871.
From—L oddeRj Henjaum.
To —Colonel Felly, Bushire.
I go to Lingali 31st to meet mails, then to Muscat to get Native firemen in
accordance to Admiralty orders. Stokers giving in.
Telegram dated the 24th July 1871.
From— Felly, Bushir?.
To —Captain Louder, Angaum.
. SY f r I) Too I; kkb Kl, 0 be ^cognized at once. Lynx was required for that occa-
sion Major Ross will arrive at Muscat by mail steamer next Saturday. I
should be glad if you would meet him there by Saturdav, the 5th of August,
and give Syed Toorkee royal salute on recognition. Please* return to Gulf after
re-placing firemen. I am sending Ross his instructions by the mail steamer
xeiegram aatea tne 3Uth July 1871.
From —Felly, Bushire.
To— Colonel Burns, Simla, and Political Secretary, Bombay.
Colonel Buene’s telegram of 22nd June. Lynx had proceeded to
Bombaybefore I received Government of India’s instructions concerning re-
wafds^retunfr^lf pr ° Ceeds to Muscat inste ad of Lynx, and will after-
No. 820—410, dated Bushire, the 31st July 1871.
Prom— Liedt.-Coi.onbl -R Fully, c. s. I., Her Britannic Majesty’s
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.
fo—The Senior Naval Officer of Her Majesty’s ships present in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
„ 1 HA /a E the 1 hon ° l ; to enclose a copy of a telegram which I have forwarded
vour U co a mmand ed ,t 0 M' n8a t lm ’ ^ re 1 ue ? tin S ^e presence of the ship under
of His d q Muscat on the occasion of the approaching recognition
ot His Highness Syed Toorkee as ruler of Muscat. 08
2. Appended is an extract from a despatch received from the Foreign
Extract paragraphs 2 and 3 from a letter No. i 23 s p Secretary to the Government of India
co r eying the comm ands of His Excel-
in Council regarding the recognition and GoVernor General
struction^to the^Pomf‘'l’’ r 1 ” 0 '! W j, 11 ° ai ' r > v this letter > takes also a letter of in-
you for the firino* of u rT 1 ^ an( ^ r equests him to arrange with
of a royal salute (21 guns) on the occasion of the recognition.
No. 828-
[Conjidential.~\
-413, dated Bushire, the 31st*.July 1871.
From— Libot^-Colonkl L. Pllly, c. s. x„ Her Britannic Majesty’s
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.
To—Her Britannic Majesty’s
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.
I have the honor to enclose a copy of a letter* I have received from the
No. 2757 of 25th June 1871. Acting Secretary to Government in the
No. 1238 p of i6th June 1871, from Mr. Foreign Sec- Political Department, and. also a codv of an
regarding the ^cognition „f Hi, HigC* "/“A®"' “nStfilif *
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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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- Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
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