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IOR/L/PS/18/B2
- Record Id:
- 040-000563105
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000788.0x000385
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100030782361.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B2
- Title:
- Zanzibar, Muscat, Persia and Arabia
- Scope & Content:
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Six memoranda pertaining to British handling of relations between Muscat, Zanzibar, and Persia. The authors are all connected to the India Office, in London, mostly members of the Council of India. Some seem to be written independently, others in response to earlier memoranda. All documents cover some or all of the following matters:
- The $40,000 annual subsidy that Muscat receives from Zanzibar;
- The murder of Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Sa‘īd, Sultan of Muscat, by his son, Sālim bin Thuwaynī Āl Sa‘īd, who subsequently made himself Sultan;
- The East African slave trade;
- Persia's ambitions for a naval presence in the Persian Gulf;
- Measures to police the Gulf;
- The lease of Bandar Abbas from Persia by Muscat;
- How the region should be administered: to what authority - Foreign Office or Government of India - are the various offices responsible to.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563105 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B2 : Zanzibar, Muscat, Persia and Arabia - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/18/B2/1 : Zanzibar, Muscat, and Persia. Memorandum by Political Secretary
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/2 : Memorandum by Captain Eastwick
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/3 : Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/4 : Persian Gulf; Muscat and Zanzibar
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/5 : Zanzibar, Arabia, and the Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/6 : Zanzibar and Muscat
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/18/B2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0002]/040-000563105
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file, 6 items (29 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000788.0x000385
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1868
- End Date:
- 1868
- Date Range:
- 1 Jul 1868-24 Jul 1868
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation for this description commences at f 18, and terminates at f 46, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present between ff 18-46; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and won't be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Arrangement:
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This collection of six memoranda on the same subject are arranged more or less in chronological order. They are listed collectively as item 2 on the printed Table of Contents at the front of the volume (folio 5).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)