Muscat and Shargah Affairs

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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from 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. Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 58 of 1850, dated 30 October 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-15 and are dated 6 April-28 October 1850.

The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of Muscat including:

• The murder of Syed Syf bin Humood of Sohar [Sayyid Sayf bin Ḥammūd al-Bū Sa‘īdī of Suhar] by orders of his father Syed Humood bin Azan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Bū Sa‘īdī], Chief of Sohar
• Reports of the seizure at Shinas of Syed Humood bin Azan of Sohar by Syed Thooweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, in contravention of the 1839 Treaty of Commerce between the Sultan of Muscat and Zanzibar [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and Great Britain
• Reports of the departure of Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, the Joasmee Chief [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ], with a large force to aid the Chief of Sohar, including the outcome of the expedition
• Translated copies of correspondence between the Arab parties involved and the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Correspondents include the following: Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Shargah [Sharjah]; the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Governor of Muscat; the Chief of Sohar; and Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur.

Extent and format

1 item (45 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 104

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/466

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/5/466, ff 33-77

Former external reference(s)

No. 58 of 1850

History of this record

Date(s)

30 Oct 1850 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Tribal relationsHomicide

Places

Muscat

People & organisations

Political ResidentSenior Naval Officer in the Persian GulfNative Agent, Trucial CoastRuler of Ra's al-Khaymah and SharjahChief of Sohar

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