Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
- Date:
- 1871/1872
- Description:
- Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.The Enclosures consist of intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; and the Agent at Shiraz, and relate to the Persian Gulf generally, and to Muscat and Oman.The reports cover: outbreaks of cholera and smallpox (at Bushire, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and Gwuttur [Qatar]); economic matters; movements of Royal Navy ships; movements of Ottoman naval vessels, correspondence with Syud Toorkee bin Syud Saeed [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat; political matters at Oman; and reports from Shiraz.The Enclosures are dated 14 September - 4 December 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 619, numbered 1-19.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Political intelligence
- Geographic region:
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Persian Gulf - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100084589627.0x000006_ar
81055/vdc_100084589627.0x000006_en
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 618-630
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 618-630