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Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs [‎620v] (6/26)

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The record is made up of 1 item (13 folios). It was created in 14 Sep 1871-23 Jan 1872. 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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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.

The Enclosures consist of intelligence reports 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 the Agent at Shiraz, and relate to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. generally, and to Muscat and Oman.

The reports cover: outbreaks of cholera and smallpox (at Bushire, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and Gwuttur [Qatar]); economic matters; movements of Royal Navy ships; movements of Ottoman naval vessels, correspondence with Syud Toorkee bin Syud Saeed [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat; political matters at Oman; and reports from Shiraz.

The Enclosures are dated 14 September - 4 December 1871.

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There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 619, numbered 1-19.

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Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs [‎620v] (6/26), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 618-630, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100089599250.0x000032> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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