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133. 'The Residencies of Muscat and Bushire consolidated in the person of Mr N. H. Smith, who has in consequence been granted an additional allowance of 500 R p m [Rupees per mensem]. Messrs Babington and Jas. Williams appointed his Assistants.'
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Governments of Bombay and Bengal. The principal correspondent is the Government of Bombay.The main event discussed is the consolidation of the Political Residency at Muscat and the Commercial Residency at Bushire [Būshehr] in the person of Nicholas Hankey Smith following the death of the previous Resident at Muscat, William Chichely Bunce. Stephen Babington and James Williams have been appointed as his assistants, and the assistant to the Civil Auditor and the Deputy Accountant-General have provided the accounts of Muscat 1805-09. The proposed salaries and expenses for the new appointments are mentioned.The title page of this item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 14, Draft 33, Season 1812/3, Examiner’s Office February 1811’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 96, and terminates at f 127, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
134. 'P. 1 733/1904. Muscat Arbitration. (1904-08).'
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- Abstract: The volume discusses a dispute between the British and French Government’s over the use of French flags on Muscat dhows and individuals dhow owners from Muscat claiming to be protégés of France owing to their vessels being registered as French.The two governments agreed in October 1904 for the dispute to be taken to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, and the award, which was approved by the British Government in September 1905, was concluded primarily in favour of the British Government’s position. The complete award in English and French can be found at folios 135-141.The papers include reports and discussions on other matters linked to the arbitration case including the limits of Oman territory; the question of ownership of Gwadar; and the legal status and nationality of the Khoja peoples residing within Muscat and Oman. The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne); the Secretary of State for India (William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Middleton); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Louis William Dane); the Viceroy of India (George Nathaniel Curxon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston); the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (William George Grey); the French Consul at Muscat (Lucien-Ernest-Roger Laronce); the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom (Paul Cambon); and representatives of the Foreign Office and the India Office.The volume is part 1 of 3. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 386; 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, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Condition: The spine has become detached from the volume and has been placed in a polyester sleeve at the back of the volume as folio 395. The sleeve may result in some loss of sharpness in the digitised image.
135. 'P.2. 733/1904. Muscat Arbitration. (1906-09).'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, notes, reports, and memoranda regarding the question of the settlement of the French flag dispute between the British and French governments following the award of the arbitration tribunal at The Hague on the question of the grant of the French flag to Muscat dhows.The principal subject of discussion is the negotiations which took place at Muscat between the British and French Consuls to finalise and agree a list of dhow-owners who would continue to be permitted to carry French papers and fly the French flag under the arbitration award.Also discussed in the volume is an attempt by the French Government to claim that Omanis in the service of French subjects should also be permitted to fly the French flag and the British Government’s dispute of this claim.The volume concludes with the issuing of a proclamation by the Sultan of Muscat (Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd) regarding the settlement of the French flag question.The principal correspondents in the volume are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (William George Grey, and William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the Viceroy of India (Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom (Paul Cambon); the French Consul at Muscat (Lucien-Ernest-Roger Laronce); and representatives of the Foreign Office and the India Office.The volume is part 2 of 3. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 334; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
136. 'South Persia'. Photographer: Lt. A. A. Crookshank (Curzon Collection)
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:The album contains landscape and architectural views of South Persia and the Persian Gulf coastline. The photos are presented initially by location (Muscat, Jask, Bandar Abbás, Niríz, Yezd, Isfahan to Shiráz Road, Pasargadae, Naksh-i-Rustam, Naksh-i-Rajab, Persepolis, Shiráz, Feragha, Chinár Rahdár, Shápur, Shiráz-Bushire Road, Bushire), thereafter by subject (Persian Flora, Persian Dwellings, Persian Roads, Persian Scenery).Elements:1 [Muscat] Town and Bay. 31st Oct 19002 [Muscat] The Town looking North. 31 Oct 19003 [Muscat] British Consulate. 31 Oct 19004 [Muscat] Old Portuguese Fort (1550). 31 Oct 19005 [Muscat] Sultan's Palace. 31 Oct 19006 [Muscat] Sidap. Village. 31 Oct 19007 [Jask] Telegraph Buildings. 1 Nov 19008 [Jask] Fort and Beach. 1 Nov 19009 [Bandar Abbás] Sea front looking West. 11 Nov 190010 [Bandar Abbás] The Town looking West. 11 Nov 190011 [Bandar Abbás] Beach and island of Hormuz. 11 Nov 190012 [Bandar Abbás] British Consulate. 11 Nov 190013 [Niríz] Panorama of Town looking South. 30 April 190114 [Niríz] Town looking North. 30 April 190115 [Yezd] The City looking East from the Masjid-i-Juma. 10 July 190116 [Yezd] The City looking South from the Masjid-i-Juma. 10 July 190117 [Yezd] The City from the Masjid-i-Juma looking West. 10 July 190118 [Yezd] The City looking West from the Mínár-i-Maidán. 13 July 190119 [Yezd] The City looking North from the Minár-i-Maidán. 13 July 190120 [Yezd] The City looking South from the Minár-i-Maidán. 13 July 190121 [Yezd] The Masjid-i-Juma. 9 July 190122 [Yezd] The Masjid-i-Juma. 9 July 190123 [Yezd] Main Gate of Fort. 13 July 190124 [Yezd] The Maidán-i-Sháh. 13 July 190125 [Yezd] Gate of Old Fort. 13 July 190126 [Yezd] Mosque of Mir Chakhmakh. 13 July 190127 Caravanserai at Khána-i-Kirgam. 27 Oct 190128 Bridge at Khána-i-Kirgam. 27 Oct 190129 [Pasargadae] The Tomb of Cyrus. 30 Oct 190130 [Abarkuh] Memorial to Darius at Arbela 331 B.C. 10 Oct 190131 [Pasargadae] Ruins of Cyrus’ City. 29 Oct 190132 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Bas-relief Ormuzd and Ardeshir 5 Nov 190133 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Rock tombs of the Kings. 5 Nov 190134 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Building near Tombs of the Kings. 5 Nov 190135 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Fire Altars. 5 Nov 190136 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Bas relief. Equestrian Combat. 5 Nov 190137 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Bas relief. Equestrian Combat. 5 Nov 190138 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Shapur and Valerian at Edessa A.D. 260. 5 Nov 190139 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Varahran and his Queen A.D. 500 5 Nov 190140 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Varahran II and his Court. 5 Nov 190141 [Naksh-i-Rajab] Shapur I and his Bodyguard. 5 Nov 190142 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Tombs of the Kings. The East Tomb. 5 Nov 190143 [Persepolis] Palace of Darius. 6 Nov 190144 [Persepolis] Palace of Darius. Interior. 6 Nov 190145 [Persepolis] Panorama of the Platform looking South and West. 6 Nov 190146 [Persepolis] Grand Entrance. Porch of Xerxes. 6 Nov 190147 [Persepolis] Pillars in Hall of Xerxes. 6 Nov 190148 [Persepolis] King fighting Dragon. Hall of 100 Columns. 6 Nov 190149 [Persepolis] The North Tomb Artaxerxes II 6 Nov 1901.50 [Persepolis] King on Throne and Procession Doorway. Hall of 100 Columns. 6 Nov 190151 [Persepolis] The King held up on Throne. Doorway in Hall of 100 Columns 6 Nov 190152 [Persepolis] King with Attendant. Palace of Xerxes 6 Nov 190153 [Persepolis] The King. Palace of Artaxerxes III. 6 Nov 190154 [Persepolis] Hall of Hundred Columns etc. 6 Nov 190155 [Persepolis] The great Staircase and Platform. 6 Nov 190156 [Shiráz] Tomb of Sultán Mir Shah. 15 Dec 190157 [Shiráz] Cemetery of Great Men. 15 Dec 190158 [Shiráz] Bas relief. Farhád and Shirín in the Bágh-i-Nao 15 Dec 190159 [Feragha] Ancient figure of animal in stone. 14 Oct 190160 [Shiráz] Approach to City from Tang-i-Korán. 18 Dec 190161 [Shiráz] The City looking West. 15 Dec 190162 [Shiráz] The City looking East. 15 Dec 190163 [Shiráz] The City looking North. 15 Dec 190164 [Shiráz] The Bágh-i-Takht. 16 Dec 1902 [sic for 1901]65 [Shiráz] Cemetery of Haft Tan. 18 Dec 190166 [Shiráz] Cemetery of Chel Tan. 18 Dec 190167 [Chinár Rahdár] The Caravanserai and Bridge. 23 Dec 190168 [Shápur] Ruins of King Shápur’s City. 16 Jan 190269 The River near Shapur. 16 Jan 190270 [Shápur] Bas-relief. Omuzd and Narses. 15 Jan 190271 [Shápur] Bas-relief. The Captives before Shapur. 15 Jan 190272 [Shápur] The Investiture of Cyriadis by Shapur. 15 Jan 190273 [Shápur] Valerian, Cyriadis and King Shapur. 15 Jan 190274 [Shápur] Valerian suppliant before King Shapur. 16 Jan 190275 [Shápur] Statue of King Shapur in cave. 16 Jan 190276 [Shápur] Bas-relief. Triumph of Chosroes Naushirwán 16 Jan 190277 Caravanserai at Mian Kotal. 9 Jan 190278 Lake near Kazerun from Kotal-i-Dukhtar. 8 Jan 190279 Bridge near Daliki from upstream. 21 Jan 190280 Bridge near Daliki looking upstream. 21 Jan 190281 Telegraph Quarters. Kunár-i-Takhta. 20 Jan 190282 The landing place at Shif. 29 Jan 190283 [Bushire] The town looking South from Gray Paul's office. 23 Feb 190284 [Bushire] The town looking East from British Residency. 23 Feb 190285 [Bushire] Telegraph Buildings at Reshire. 24 Feb 190286 [Bushire] Panorama of British Residency and Sea front. 23 Feb 190287 The Assafoetida plant. East of Niríz. 21 April 190188 Walnut trees. North of Niríz. 6 May 190189 Almond grafted onto wild tree. N of Furg 26 March 190190 Oak trees in Kuh Marra. S of Shiráz. 27 Dec 190191 The “Archan” Tree in pink blossom. N of Furg. 25 March 190192 Oak trees near Kazerun. 14 Jan 190293 Mastich and wild pistachio trees. S of Shiráz 31 Dec 190194 Oak Trees in Kuh Marra. South of Shiráz. 27 Dec 190195 Cypress Tree in mountains. East of Niríz. 27 April 190196 Tents of matting of Kermán tribes in Rudbár. 30 Nov 190097 Tents of black goats hair. Kermán tribes in Rudbár. 2 Dec 190098 Cave dwellers. E of Furg. 7 Feb 190199 A Village East of Yezd. 2 July 1901100 The Chieftain’s Cave. Cavedwellers. E of Furg. 2 Feb 1901101 The Chieftain’s Tent. Nomad tribes near Bandar Abbás. 21 Feb 1901102 A country house and garden. North of Niríz. 2 May 1901103 Bágh-i-Nawwáb. A Garden in the suburbs of Yezd. 4 Sept 1901104 Tank for rainwater. N of Bandar Abbás 21 Feb 1901105 The Prince’s Palace and Govt. House at Yezd. 13 July 1901106 Bágh-i-Eram. A Garden in the suburbs of Shiráz 13 Dec 1901107 The Tang-i-Zágh Defile N of Bandar Abbás. 11 March 1901108 A pass West of Fasa. 28 Nov 1901.109 Shiráz-Bushire. The “Kotal-i-Dukhtar” 8 Jan 1902110 Shiráz-Bushire. The “Kotal-i-Kumárij” 20 Jan 1902111 Shiráz-Bushire. The “Kotal-i-Mahallu” 21 Jan 1902112 Shiráz-Bushire. The “Pul-i-Gina” Viaduct near Kazerun. 8 Jan 1902113 The Bushire-Lingah Road near Riz. 28 March 1902114 The Well with three pulleys for irrigating crops near Lingah. 14 April 1902.115 The West end of Salt Lake near Niríz looking North. 20 Nov 1901116 The West End of Salt Lake near Niríz looking N.W. from hills above. 21 Nov 1901117 The Salt Desert of Sirján in Kermán. 15 April 1902118 The Lake near Kázerún looking North 4 Jan 1902Inscriptions:Inner cover, in pencil: ‘Copy negs done Stannard 25-9-79’Title page, in ink: 'Presented to / H.E. Lord Curzon of Kedleston etc etc / Viceroy of India / by / Lieut. Arthur A. Crookshank / Royal Engineers / June 1903'Spine, gold emboss: ‘Photos’ ‘South Persia’Throughout the album captions and location or subject categories are hand-lettered in black ink.Physical description: Dimensions:Album: 250 x 305 x 40 mm [portrait]Format:Maroon and red three quarter-leather album containing one hundred and eighteen prints hand-cut and pasted onto card pages.Materials:Card, black ink, gelatin silver prints.Condition:While the binding is still sturdy for the most part – aside from extensive scuffing and losses at all edges, particularly upper spine – the individual card pages are extensively foxed and discoloured throughout. The lower right corner of page 13–14 has broken off entirely.Many of the individual images are faded and some show signs of surface losses.Foliation:The images have been numbered 1–118 alongside each image in pencil and paginated 1–47 in pencil in the upper right corner. Some additional image sequencing in pencil in the first twenty nine pages of the album (e.g. a–d on each page) has been crossed out.Process:Gelatin silver printsBinding:The album is bound in maroon three-quarter-leather format, which is heavily scuffed along the spine, particularly at the upper spine.This binding likely dates to its presentation to Lord Curzon and indicates the title of the album with gilt stamp ‘ Photos’ ‘South Persia’. The binding also features linen joints and hand-stitching.
137. ‘Linga Chief of. A slave belonging to- escapes to Muscat and being a native of India, his surrender to that Chief is refused by the Native Agent.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence which form enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 3 August 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838.The item relates to a report by Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat, that an enslaved man named Yusoof [Yūsuf] from Hyderabad had fled from Shaik Said bin Guzeeb, Chief of Linga [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qaḍīb, Shaikh of Bandar-e Lengeh]. Heskeal bin Yusoof’s report provides details of Yusoof’s backstory and how they came to meet.The item also contains correspondence from the Government of Bombay and Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, which confirms that, as a ‘native of India’, Yusoof should not be enslaved and is free to travel wherever he wishes as a free man. Hennell confirms that he has written a letter of remonstrance to Shaik Said bin Guzeeb.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 11’, ‘Collection N. 10 of N. 99’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 10’ has been crossed out with different ink.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 896, and terminates at f 903, 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.
138. 'Arms Traffic at Muskat'
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- Abstract: Memorandum, written by the Political Department of the India Office 15 February 1911, describing the position of Muskat [Muscat] where the export of arms to India and Persia has been prohibited since 1898, but were the import of arms into Muskat and their export to any other country remains unprohibited. The memorandum has been divided under the following headings:Sultan's Commercial TreatiesProhibition of Arms Traffic in Persian GulfState of Traffic at MuskatEffect on the Indian FrontierNegotiations with FranceFrench share of TrafficQuestion of Territorial Concessions in IndiaQuestion of ExtraditionPondicherry-Cuddalore (Tiruppappuliyar) RailwayQuestion of CompensationIncluded within some of the headings are tables showing the numbers of rifles being imported into Muskat and the value of Imports of Arms and Ammunitions into Muskat for the periods 1906-1907, 1907-1908, 1908-1909, and 1909-1910.AppendicesAppendix I: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States of America and Muskat, signed 21 September 1833Appendix II: Treaty of Commerce between France and Muskat, signed 17 November 1844Appendix III: Anglo-French Declaration respecting the Independence of Muskat and Zanzibar, signed at Persia, 10 March 1862.There are three copies of the memorandum contained within the file.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence consists of pencil numbers, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio.
139. 'Chart of the North-East Coast of Arabia'
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- Abstract: Covers a 380-mile length of the Arabian Sea coast of Umman [Oman] from Ras Saugra [Ra's Sawqirah] north-eastwards to Ras el Hadd [Ra's al Hadd], and then a 150-mile length of the Gulf of Aden coast north-westwards to Muskat [Muscat]. Includes a hinterland of approximately twenty miles. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and some contours, relief by spot heights, hachures and rock drawing, sand dunes, vegetation, settlements, tribal lands and place names, and includes topographical and hydrographic notes.Surveyed by Commander I P Sanders [most likely John Parke Sanders] and Lieutenant Albany Moore Grieve, Indian Navy. Engraved by J & C Walker. Published by John Walker, Geographer to the East India Company.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paper (backed with linen)Dimensions: 941 x 604mm, on sheet 1011 x 673mm
140. ‘SKETCH OF THE ISLAND OF KENN, In the Persian Gulf. Thos. Remon, Captn., Engineers’
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- Abstract: Distinctive Features:Depth shown by soundings in fathoms with areas partly dry at low water indicated.Produced to accompany a join report on the island submitted to Government on the 12th October 1822 by First Lieutenant J.H. Grubb and Captain Thomas Remon, Bombay Engineers. Map is lettered for reference with descriptive notes provided in the report.Notations concerning the terrain elevation and vegetation cover the face of the map with settlements, date plantations and ruins marked.Physical description: Dimensions:234 x 350 mm, on sheet 254 x 390 mm
141. ‘Sketch of Rasool Khymah’
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- Abstract: Imprint:Lithog[raphe]d in the Chief Eng[inee]rs Office by F. Ramchunder, Bombay 6th October 1855.Shows position of Fort and recent line of Fortification, sand banks indicated by dotted lines and labelled.Physical description: Dimensions:350 x 260 mm, on sheet 422 x 330 mm
142. 'A revised map of Omân and the Persian Gulf, in which an attempt has been made to give a correct transliteration of the Arabic names. By the Rev. George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S.’
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- Abstract: Imprint:London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society. Stanford’s Geographical Establishment,Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Includes two insets: ‘View of the town of Máskat’ in the top right-hand corner, and ‘Plan of Máskat and El- Mátrah’ in the bottom centre.Physical description: Dimensions:520 x 710 mm
143. ‘TRIGONOMERTICAL PLAN of the HARBOUR OF GRANE OR KOWEIT in the GULF OF PERSIA. By Lieutts. J.M. Guy and G.B. Brucks, H.E.I.C. Marine’
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- Abstract: Imprint:Lithographed in the Chief Engineer’s Office by G. Luxumonjee and K, E. Bombay, 6th Sept.r 1855.Distinctive Features:Produced to accompany a report on the Harbour of Grane (or Koweit), and the Island of Pheleechi, prepared by Lieutenant J. Felix Jones, Indian Navy.Depth shown by detailed soundings in fathoms. Mud flats, areas partly dry at low water indicated with anchorage for shipping and boats marked. Includes an explanatory note at the bottom right-hand corner.Physical description: Dimensions:382 x 513 mm, on sheet 444 x 558 mm
144. 'Muscat Cove'
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:View of a cove at Muscat showing a British naval squadron. At least six Royal Navy vessels at anchor in the middle-ground and background. Rocky hills rise in the background and various fortifications are visible on the rocky coastline to the right of the image.Inscriptions:Lower right, in pencil alongside image: '47'Lower left, in pencil alongside image: 'a'Below image, in pen: 'Muscat Cove'Physical description: Dimensions:155 x 208 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining in the sky and sea areas, particularly in the upper left and right corners, and minor surface dirt and toning throughout.Foliation:‘a’; ‘47’Process:Albumen print