Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 62 of 1840.The enclosures are dated 10-20 August 1840. They consist of correspondence relating to the gift of four horses to the Queen of the United Kingdom from the Imam of Muscat in connection with the ratification of the Commercial Treaty signed in 1839. The horses were conveyed from Muscat to Bombay [Mumbai] on Honourable Company Ship
Cleopatraand thence to England. They were accompanied to Bombay by the Imam of Muscat’s agent, Aga Mahomed Rahim Shirazee [Āghā Muḥammad Raḥīm Shīrāzī].Correspondents include: the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Imam of Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 74 of 1843, dated 31 October 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 1 September-18 October 1843.The papers relate to affairs in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat including the following:The activities of the French in ZanzibarTranslation of a letter from the Native Agent at Muscat reporting the proceedings of Captain Ward of the American ship
BrendaNews of an individual alleged to have been appointed American Consul at Muscat.The main correspondents are the following: HM Consul and HC Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat (Captain Atkins Hamerton), and the Native Agent at Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (24 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1840, dated 24 August 1840.A note in black ink states that enclosures in Bombay Secret Letter, Number 58, dated 24 August 1840, are missing from this collection.The enclosures to No. 59 are dated 26-27 July 1840 and consist of correspondence relating to the appointment of a Consul to the Imam of Muscat.Correspondents include the Imam of Muscat and the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 63 of 1850 dated 2 November 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 10-27 September 1850.The papers relate to the despatch of the steam frigate
Aucklandfrom Bombay [Mumbai] to the Persian Gulf in response to the violation by Syed Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, of the Treaty between his father, the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the late Chief of Sohar [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Bū Sa‘īdī of Suhar].The principal correspondent is the Under-Secretary to the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1850, dated 31 October 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-22 and are dated 10 April-30 October 1850.The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of Muscat including:The implementation of measures (including an Act of Parliament of 1 August 1849) to enforce agreements between HM Government and the Imam of Muscat and the Arabian rulers in the Persian Gulf for the effective suppression of the trade in enslaved peopleReports from the Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] and the Native Agent Muscat on the trade in enslaved people, including that undertaken by the dependants of Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī].The primary correspondents are the following: the Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], the Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; the Advocate General, Bombay; the Governor of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (35 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 73 of 1850, dated 3 December 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 17 September to 20 November 1850.The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of Muscat, including the seizure by Syed Ges bin Azan [Qays bin ‘Azzān al-Būsa‘īdī ], Chief of Sohar, of towns belonging to the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd].The principal correspondents are the following: the Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay; the Governor of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 69 of 1853, dated 28 November 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-5 and are dated 13 September to 3 October 1853.The enclosures include correspondence from the Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Consul at Muscat with intelligence from those areas including: Commodore Robinson’s report on the Batinah Coast; affairs in Bahrain; importation of enslaved persons into Kishm [Qeshm]; slave trade conducted by Kutch [Kachchh] with the ports of the Imam of Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (162 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 48 of 1854, dated 29 August 1854. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 7-22 July 1854.The enclosures comprise the following: a letter from George Frederick Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of India, concerning the Political Agent, Muscat, and the trade of enslaved persons in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat; a resolution by the Board of Control, dated 22 July 1854.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Topics covered include:The dispute between the Imam of Muscat and the Government of Persia [Iran] concerning Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]Imports levied on British subjects at Muscat.Correspondents include: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; H L Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay; Sedr Azim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam]; Imam of Muscat; Political Agent, Muscat; Mulla Ahmed, Political Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]; and Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (19 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 51 of 1850, dated 3 October 1850. The enclosures are numbered 1-26 and are dated 7 May-3 October 1850.The correspondence discusses affairs in the vicinity of Muscat including:Intelligence of disorder in different parts of Oman. This disorder included the taking control of settlements such as Khaboora [Al Khaburah] by local chieftains contesting the writ of the Imam of Muscat in that area.The arrival of the
Nasireefrom Zanzibar to collect troops to enable the Imam of Muscat to muster against his son, Prince Hillal [Sayyid Hilāl bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], at Lamoo [Lamu].Correspondents include the Native Agent at Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (44 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 45 of 1850, dated 31 August 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 12-22 August 1850. A note in red ink, dated 1 November 1906, states that the enclosures detailed in this abstract are missing.The correspondence discusses an infraction of an 1839 Treaty between the Imam of Muscat and the Chief of Sohar [Suhar] mediated by the Resident in the Persian Gulf.Correspondents include the Native Agent, Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (17 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consist of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 49 of 1850, dated 17 September 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-8 and are dated 14 May-3 September 1850.The enclosures consist of correspondence discussing affairs in the vicinity of Muscat including:The seizure of Syed Humood bin Azan [Ḥamūd bin Azan Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Chief of Sohar [Suhar], by Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Governor of MuscatThe breaking of the treaty between the Chief of Sohar and the Imam of Muscat mediated by the Resident in the Persian GulfThe lifting of the siege of Sohar and the capture of Fort Gulla [Ghallah] belonging to the Imam of Muscat by Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī]The dispatch of the steamer
Aucklandand the schooner
Constanceto the Persian Gulf stationMeasures to re-establish cordial relations between the Imam of Muscat and the family of the Chief of Sohar.Correspondents include: the Native Agent, Muscat; the Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secret Committee; and the Governor in Council, Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (38 folios)