‘Muscat. Intelligence-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Intelligence-’
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 August 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fourteenth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains letters from Heskeal bin Yusuf [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, to the Government of Bombay, reporting on recent events at Muscat. Amongst other brief details, the reports mention:Arrangements for a visit by the daughter of Mahomed Ally Meerza [Muḥammad ‘Alī Mīrzā]The arrival of the ship, the Futteh Ally[ Fatḥ ‘Alī], from Bussora [Basra]Attempts by Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, to restore peace between the people of Nukhul [Nakhal] and the Minooleek and Alli Humud [Āl Ḥammūd?] tribesThe arrival of a group of Egyptians wishing to manufacture ammunition and the arrangements made with Syud Thooenee for this project.The item contains multiple spellings for the names of individuals and places.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 107, Vol: 14.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 341, and terminates at f 346, 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Intelligence
Reports
Governor of Muscat - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004518.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004518.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112335
IOR/F/4/2238/112335