'Unsettled state of affairs at Muscat and operations against the Joasmee Pirates by the combined forces of the Company and the Muscat Government'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Unsettled state of affairs at Muscat and operations against the Joasmee Pirates by the combined forces of the Company and the Muscat Government'
- Date:
- 1798/1806
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of correspondence regarding the situation in Muscat after the death in 1804 of the Imam Syed Sultan [Sultan bin Ahmad Al Bu Sa’id] and efforts to counter the naval activities of the Joasmee [Al-Qasimi] in the Gulf. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the capture by the Joasmee of two British ships, the Shannonand the Trimmer, and the eventual return of the Trimmeras part of a truce.Other topics covered include:· An attempted coup by Syed Gheiss [Qais bin Ahmad Al Bu Sa’id], the brother of the late Imam· An Omani expedition to recover Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] from Mullah Hussain [Molla Husayn], ruler of Kishem [Qeshm]· The establishment of a permanent Residency at Muscat.The correspondence consists mainly of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat. The other correspondents are: Mullah Hussain; Syed Gheiss; the Resident at Bussora [Basra]; the Resident at Bushire; Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi], Emir of Sharjah; and Syed Beder [Badr bin Saif Al Bu Sa’id], Regent of Oman.The bulk of the item dates from the years 1805 and 1806, the earlier date range includes copies of the Anglo-Omani Agreement of 1798 and an amendment to it from 1800 (ff 17-19).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 2, and terminates at f 90, 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Piracy
Kings and rulers--Succession
Coup d'états
Anglo-Omani Agreement (1798)
Āl Bū Sa'īd dynasty, Imam of Muscat and Oman
Āl Qāsimī (Family)
Āl Bū Sa'īd (Family) - Geographic region:
- Muscat
Gombroon
Persian Gulf - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001688.0x00001d_ar
81055/vdc_100000001688.0x00001d_en
IOR/F/4/190/4155
IOR/F/4/190/4155