‘Muscat. Intelligence.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Intelligence.’
- Date:
- 1845/1846
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the tenth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Heskeal bin Yusoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat.The item mostly concerns reports of the arrival in Muscat of notable people, or their messengers, and their reception by Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. A recurring topic is the activities of Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī] at Braemee [al-Buraymi] and the plans of local people and certain Gulf rulers to oppose him. It includes a copy of a letter from Sheikh Saeed bin Tuhnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi] to Syud Hamood bin Uzan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Būsa‘īdī].The item also contains reports of the activities of Shaik Suif bin Nubham, Shaikh of Bunder Abbas [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Ma‘walī, Shaikh of Bandar-e ʻAbbas].There is also a Government of Bombay Resolution (f 351) that relates to correspondence not included in this item.The item contains a table of contents (f 347), and the title page (f 346) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 10’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 9 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 346 and terminates at f 356, 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 file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Alliances
Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Bū Sa‘īdī
Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī
Governor of Muscat - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098591539.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098591539.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2174/105555
IOR/F/4/2174/105555