‘Persian Gulf. Energetic measures adopted by the Governor of Muskat to quell the refractory spirit exhibited by the inhabitants of Soor – Vol: 26’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Energetic measures adopted by the Governor of Muskat to quell the refractory spirit exhibited by the inhabitants of Soor – Vol: 26’
- Date:
- 1848/1848
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the twenty-sixth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns the visit of Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, to Soor [Sur] and his bombardment of a town until the inhabitants promised to pay him tribute and demolish two forts. He also imprisoned two sheiks [shaikhs] of the Huwajeer tribe [al-Hawājir].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 5 of No 169’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 537, and terminates at f 541, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Tributes
Naval bombardment
Governor of Muscat - Geographic region:
- Soor
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098764564.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098764564.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2302/118752
IOR/F/4/2302/118752