IOR/R/15/1/173, ff 40-95

The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an administrative report containing narratives of events for Muscat and the Wahabee [Wahhābī] and Maritime Arab tribes, covering the period 1 May 1856 to 30 April 1858. Jones writes that the report has been prepared by his assistant, Lieutenant Disbrowe, and adds that a further report on events on the Persian coast will follow without delay.

The report (folios 41-95) is arranged first by tribe or geographic area, and second by administrative period, as follows:

• Joasmee [Qāsimī] tribe during the administrative period 1 May 1856 to 30 April 1857 (beginning folio 41), followed by the period 1 May 1857 to 30 April 1858 (folio 51);
• Beniyas [Banī Yās], 1856/57 (folio 55) and 1857/58 (folio 62);
• Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Debai [Dubai] and Ejman [Ajman], 1856/57 (folio 64);
• Boo Fulasa, 1856/57 (folio 66) and 1857/58 (folio 67);
• Ajman and Umm al-Qaywayn, 1857/58 (folio 70);
• Wahabee [Wahhābī], 1856/57 (folio 73) and 1857/58 (folio 75);
• Uttoobees [ʿUtūb], 1856/57 (folios 76) and 1857/58 (folio 84);
• Muscat, 1856/57 (folio 88) and 1857/58 (folio 92)