Muscat and Shargah Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Muscat and Shargah Affairs
- Date:
- 1850/1850
- Description:
- Abstract: 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 SoharReports 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 BritainReports 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 expeditionTranslated 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.Physical description: 1 item (45 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Tribal relations
Homicide - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100152132085.0x000005_ar
81055/vdc_100152132085.0x000005_en
IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 33-77
IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 33-77