‘Guns sent out for the Imaum of Muscat’

Title:

‘Guns sent out for the Imaum of Muscat’

Date:

1822/1823

Description:

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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Guns
Naval supplies
Imam of Oman

Geographic region:

Muscat

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001762.0x0000fb_ar
81055/vdc_100000001762.0x0000fb_en
IOR/F/4/895/23291
IOR/F/4/895/23291

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