Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs [‎270v] (22/24)

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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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1 item (11 folios)

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There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 261, numbered 1-12.

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English in Latin script

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