Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:View looking north-east over the town towards the harbour. The fortified city wall is visible in the middle-ground. In the background overlooking the harbour, Fort Capitano (Fort Al-Mirani) to the left and and Fort Jellalee (Fort Al-Jalali) to the right.The middle- and foreground is made up of various low-lying stone-built and palm-frond structures while inside the city walls the structures are several-storeyed and stone-built with some evidently white-washed.Rocky hills rise from the centre to the left of the image.Inscriptions:Lower right, in pencil alongside image: '44'Lower left, in pencil alongside image: 'b'Below image, in pen: 'Town of Muscat from inland plain.'Physical description: Dimensions:141 x 200 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining and creasing in the sky area in the upper right and left corners and minor surface dirt throughout.Foliation:‘b’ (crossed out); ‘44’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: Air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for Muscat and Oman, including the Gwadar aerodrome, as approved by the Sultan of Oman [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr].The air navigation regulations, dated 25 October 1934, cover: authorisation for aircraft flying over or landing in Muscat and Oman; requirements for aircraft registration, certification, personnel and documentation; submission of licences by aircraft personnel on the demand of the state authorities; compliance of aircraft with lights and signal regulations, as prescribed in the Convention for Regulation of Aerial Navigation (13 October 1919); access to aircraft by authorised personnel; submission of visitors to procedure prescribed by the Public Health Administration on arrival and departure; notification of intended arrival and departure to the Customs, Public Health and Police Administrations; passport and visa requirements for passengers; declaration of laws applying to the import and export of goods by land and sea being equally applicable to those goods arriving and departing by air; use of law in the contravention of regulations.Conditions governing the use of the Gwadar aerodrome cover: no acceptance of liability for damage or loss of aircraft, goods or mail, or injury to passengers and aircraft personnel; landing and accommodation fees; fuel and lubricant supplies and their charges; other services which may be arranged with the aerodrome authorities. Under the conditions are three schedules: 1) landing fees, assessed according to the maximum weight authorised by the aircraft’s airworthiness certificate; 2) housing fees, assessed according to the span and maximum length of the aircraft; and 3) charges for attendances and facilities, including arrival and departure fees for privately owned aircraft, a note on fuel and oil rates, and charges for aircraft engaged in public transport, to be supplied by Imperial Airways, Limited.An appendix includes text for the form used for the authorisation of aircraft to land and fly over Muscat and Oman.Physical description: Foliation: Circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto (ff.1-2).
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay.The item consists of correspondence regarding the abolition of the Residency at Muscat and the consolidation of residencies at Muscat and Bushire. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the resignation, due to the climate, of Nicholas Hankey Smith from the Residency at Muscat and the search for a more suitable residence there.The correspondence consists of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat. The other correspondents are: Court of Directors of the East India Company; George Cumming Osborne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Fort William; Captain Wainwright of His Majesty’s Ship La Chiffonne; Lieutenant-Colonel Smith.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 28, Season 1814/15, Draft 20' and 'Examiner's Office November 1812'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 327, and terminates at f 335, 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Printed memorandum. The memorandum contains:I Heads of agreement between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd];II Territory of Muscat and Oman: air navigation regulations for civil aircraft made by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman;III Gwadur [Gwadar] Aerodrome: conditions laid down with the approval of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to govern the use of the Aerodrome.The memorandum is accompanied by schedules of (I) landing fees and (II) charges for attendance and facilities (revised, folio 5); and three appendices containing forms of special authorisation for aircraft to land in and fly over Muscat and Oman, and transcriptions of documents issued by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman relating to flights over the Musandam Peninsula and arrangements for the use of aerodromes by military aircraft.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 5 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages.Pagination: the file also has an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-7 (folios 1-4). The numbers appear in the top centre of each page.
Abstract: The file consists of a typescript document entitled 'Muscat Civil Air Agreement, 1947, and connected correspondence', which contains copies of the following papers:Heads of Agreement between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], dated 5 April 1947;Schedule of aerodromes referred to in the agreement;Schedule of landing fees and housing fees;Air Navigation Regulations for Civil Aircraft made by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman;General conditions laid down by the Sultan to govern the use of aerodromes within his territory;Related correspondence between Major Andrew Charles Stewart, Consul, Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, dated April 1947.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 9 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio.
Abstract: The item consists of correspondence regarding the establishment of a permanent Residency at Muscat and a report by the Resident, David Seton, concerning the difficulties of living at Muscat and a request for increased allowances and a new Residency building.The correspondence consists of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 91, and terminates at f 105, 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 file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; James Stuart Fraser, Resident at Hyderabad; and W Harrison, Registrar of the Bombay Sudder Foujdaree Adawlut [Sadr Faujdari Adalat, criminal court]. It is the second in a series of six items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2066/94846, IOR/F/4/2066/94848, IOR/F/4/2066/94849, IOR/F/4/2066/94850, and IOR/F/4/2066/94851).The item concerns:The efforts of the British to persuade the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id] to introduce additional measures to prohibit the trade in enslaved people in his dominions, with correspondence between the representatives of the Imaum and the Earl of AberdeenThe extent of the trade in kidnapped children carried out between the territory of the Nizam of Hyderabad [Mir Farkhunda ‘Ali Khan] and MuscatStatistics showing the number of people prosecuted for kidnapping children since 1827 and their sentences.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 73, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4548, [Season 18]44’, ‘Collection No 1 of No 4’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 339 and terminates at f 382, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The principal correspondents are: Government of Bombay; Government of Bombay Military Department; Aga Mahomed Shoostree [Muḥammad Shushtari, Āghā], an agent of the Imam of Muscat.The item concerns the discussion over some guns sent from London to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for his ship
Shah Alum; the guns are now surplus to requirements as the Imaum has purchased his own in the interim. The guns that the Imaum purchased will be sent back to the Bombay Arsenal, and the new guns from London received by the Imaum.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 3, Draft 293, P.C. 362, [Season] 26/7, Examiner’s Office 1824’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 61, and terminates at f 71, 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.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 August 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the third in a series of seven items about the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people].The item concerns a recent visit to Bombay [Mumbai], Muscat and Bahrein [Bahrain] by Bihjut Effendi [Bahjat Āghā Effendī], an agent of Abbas Pasha [‘Abbās Ḥilmī Pāshā I], Viceroy of Egypt. In particular, the item relates to:Arrangements made for the transport of Bihjut Effendi from Aden to BombayAssistance provided to Bihjut Effendi by the Government of Bombay, including the chartering of a ship, the
Bombay, from the Bombay Steam Navigation Company, and a loan of 25,000 dollarsArrangements for the payments to the Bombay Steam Navigation Company and for the repayment of the loan by Bihjut EffendiAssistance provided to Murad Bey [Murād Beg] during his visit to Bombay to purchase horsesReports by Khoja Hiskel bin Yusoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, and by Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], Native Agent at Bahrein, on Bihjut Effendi's activities during his visits to those places, including the purchase of horsesReports that the women described in passenger lists as being part of Bihjut Effendi's entourage were actually enslaved women offered to Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Sheikh of Bahrein, as 'gifts'Concern expressed by Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, that this activity may be seen to have been condoned by the British and the potential political implications of this given their public stance against the 'slave trade'Further concern expressed by Kemball that Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa is attempting to approach Abbas Pasha for assistance against Ben Saood [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, also rendered in text as Ameer Fysul] and the implications of Turkish [Ottoman] intervention in Bahrein affairsGeneral updates from Khoja Hiskel bin Yusoof about activity at Muscat.The item also includes the Government of Bombay's instructions to forward copies of correspondence on the above subjects to Charles Augustus Murray, HM Consul-General in Egypt, and to the Government of India.Principal correspondents include: Murray; Kemball; Abbas Pasha; Bihjut Effendi; Khoja Hiskel bin Yusoof; Hajee Jassem; Luis Caetano de Menezes, Acting Manager of the Bombay Steam Navigation Company; and the Government of Bombay.There are multiple spellings for multiple individuals in the item, particularly for Bihjut Effendi, whose name is often rendered including the name Aga [Āghā].The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '161 1854', 'Collection', 'Vol: 3', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection was described as 'No. 1 of No. 85 of 1853' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 778, and terminates at f 828, 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.
Abstract: Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1861-62.The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:'JUDICIAL' (ff 89-95), consisting of: Legislative; Civil Justice; Small Cause Court; Criminal Justice; Police; Jails'REVENUE' (ff 96-103), consisting of: Land Revenue; Alienated Revenues; Income Tax; Stamps; Customs, Salt, and Opium'FINANCIAL' (ff 104-105)'POLITICAL' (ff 106-113), consisting of: Kolapoor [Kolhapur]; Sawunt Waree [Sawantwadi]; Southern Muratha Country; Khandesh; The Dangs [Dang]; Guzerat [Gujarat]; Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha]; Surat Agency; Kutch [Kachchh]; Aden; Muscat and Zanzibar; Persian Gulf; Sind [Sindh]PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' (ff 114-123), consisting of administration reports on the following areas: A 1.- Fortifications; A 3.- Accommodation for troops; A 4.- Ordnances; A 5.- Commissariat; A 7.- Staff; B. Naval; C 5.- Post Office; D 1.- Government houses and residencies; D 4.- Charitable Institutions; D 6.- Miscellaneous; E.- Churches and other buildings; G 3.- Jails; H 5.- Water supply; I 1.- Harbours and Navigation; I 2.- Light houses and beacons; K 1.- Irrigation canals; K 2.- Tanks; K 3.- Dykes; L 1.- Metalled Roads; L 2.- Unmetalled Roads; L 3.- Bridges; L 4.- Boat bridges and ferries; L 7.- Accommodation for travellers'PUBLIC WORKS - RAILWAY' (ff 124-130), consisting of: Great Indian Peninsula Railway; Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway; Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla Company'MILITARY DEPARTMENT' (f 131)'EDUCATION' (ff 132-135)'MEDICAL DEPARTMENT' (ff 136-138)'CONSERVANCY' (ff 139-140)'SURVEY' (f 141), consisting of: Revenue; Topographical Survey'FORESTS' (f 142), consisting of: Bombay Presidency; Sind'MISCELLANEOUS' (ff 143-144), consisting of: Stationery; Agriculture; Emigration.The remainder of the item consists of appendices to the 'JUDICIAL', 'REVENUE', 'FINANCIAL', 'POLITICAL', 'PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT', 'PUBLIC WORKS - RAILWAY', 'MILITARY', 'CONSERVANCY', and 'SURVEY' sections of the report (ff 145-269)A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 88. In a small number of instances there are discrepancies in the spelling, phrasing or inclusion of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.Physical description: 1 item (185 folios)
Abstract: Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1867-68.The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:‘JUDICIAL’ (ff 6-34), consisting of Legislative; Civil Justice; Criminal Justice; Police; Jails‘REVENUE’ (ff 35-42), consisting of Land and Sayer Revenue; Alienated Revenue; Customs, Salt, and Opium‘FINANCIAL’ (ff 43-52), consisting of Finance; Mint; Paper Currency‘POLITICAL’ (ff 53-60), consisting of Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Kutch [also known as Kachchh]; Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha]; Mahee Kanta [Mahi Kantha]; Kohlapoor [Kolhapur]; Southern Maratha Country; Sawunt Waree; Junjeera [Janjira]; Sind [Sindh] Frontier; Muscat‘PUBLIC WORKS’ (ff 61-88), consisting of military; civil buildings; miscellaneous public improvements‘PUBLIC WORKS, RAILWAY’ (ff 89-101), consisting of Great Indian Peninsula Railway; Bombay, Baroda [Vadodara] and Central India Railway; Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla; Indus Valley Survey‘MILITARY’ (ff 102-106)‘MARINE’ (ff 107)‘INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT’ (ff 108-115)‘PUBLIC INSTRUCTION’ (ff 116-126)‘MEDICAL’ (ff 127-128)‘SURVEYS’ (ff 129-132), consisting of revenue survey; topographical survey, Sind‘FORESTS’ (ff 133-134)‘MILLS’ f 135-137)‘MUNICIPAL, BOMBAY’ (ff 138-139)‘ECCLESIASTICAL’ (ff 140-144)‘COTTON FRAUDS DEPARTMENT’ (ff 145-146)‘ARCHAEOLOGY’ (f 147).Physical description: 1 item (145 folios)
Abstract: This printed memorandum was received from the Chief Political Officer, Basra, under Sir P Cox's letter (No 3) dated 18 August 1916 (see IOR/L/PS/10/426: 3744/16), and includes a report by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (signed G L B), originally published in the Arab Bulletin, concerning the rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat, Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd, and, subsequently after his death, his son, Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd. Bell gives a description of the causes of the rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat, which, in her opinion, were 'partly due to old and deepseated matters of disagreement and partly to the reflex action of modern European politics'. She goes on to describe various events from May 1913 to July 1916, including: the fall of Nizwa [Nizwá] and Izki [Izkī]; the visit of the Viceroy to Muscat in February 1914; the death of Fayṣal; the religious character of the uprising ('Jihad'); and potential peace terms.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.