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IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 33-77
- Record Id:
- 041-003708123
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108835750.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152132085.0x000005
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 33-77
- Title:
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Muscat and Shargah Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, 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], 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.
Correspondents include the following: Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], the Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; the Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; the Governor of Muscat; the Chief of Sohar; and Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539312
041-003708123 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/466 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 104
IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 33-77 : Muscat and Shargah Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0104]/040-000539312[0005]/041-003708123
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (45 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100152132085.0x000005
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 30 Oct 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 58 of 1850
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)