Muscat Affairs

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Topics covered include:

• The dispute between the Imam of Muscat and the Government of Persia [Iran] concerning Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]
• Imports levied on British subjects at Muscat.

Correspondents include: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, 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. ; H L Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay; Sedr Azim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam]; Imam of Muscat; 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. , Muscat; Mulla Ahmed, 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 Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]; and Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Extent and format

1 item (19 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY V 121'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/483

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 224-242

History of this record

Date(s)

20 Jan 1855-16 Feb 1855 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

MuscatBunder Abbas

People & organisations

Political ResidentImam of Oman

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Muscat Affairs, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 224-242, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100115478364.0x000013> [accessed 7 August 2026]

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