‘Muscat. Latest Intelligence from-’

Title:

‘Muscat. Latest Intelligence from-’

Date:

1847/1847

Description:

Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 January 1848. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fifty-third in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains substances of seven letters, dated between 17 August and 26 September 1847, from Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, to the Government of Bombay. The letters contain news from Muscat and numerous places in the surrounding region. In particular, they relate to:Attacks by Suif bin Hamood bin Uzan [Sayf bin Hamūd bin ‘Azzan] and his relatives on Sohar [Suhar], Khaboora [Al Khaburah], and Rustak [Rustaq]Conflicts between the people of Nukhil [Nakhal] and the Budoos [Bedouins], including details of supporting tribes and populations on each sideConflict at Huye Assein [Hayy ‘Asim?] and Sumael [Sama’il]Interventions of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, in the above affairsArrival of numerous ships at MuscatLoans demanded from ‘Banian’ merchants at Sohar.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 53’, ‘Collection No. 9 of No. 21’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 577, and terminates at f 590, 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:

Conflicts
Reports
Governor of Muscat

Geographic region:

Muscat
Oman

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098005212.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098005212.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112374
IOR/F/4/2238/112374

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