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85. 'Slave Trade'
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of political and secret letters from the Government of Bombay to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of five items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the agreements made by the British Government with the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat on 2 October 1845, and with the rulers of Ras-el-Khyma and Shargah [Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah], Debaye [Dubai], Ejman [Ajman], Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Amulgaveen [Umm al-Qaywayn], and Bahrein [Bahrain] in April and May 1847, for the suppression of the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people]. It includes:The seizure on 13 September 1847 of five vessels belonging to subjects of the Imaum of Muscat carrying fifty-nine enslaved peopleThe need for an amendment to provide the Government of Bombay with the power to adjudicate on the vessels which have been seized under the terms of the agreementsThe positions of Persia [Iran], the Ottoman Empire, and Koweit [Kuwait] in relation to the ‘slave trade’ in the Gulf.The item also contains:Marine letters containing an extract from ‘An Account of an Overland Journey from Leskaira [Al Ashkharah] to Meskat [Muscat] and the Green Mountains of Oman’, by C S D ColeTwo letters from the Commissioners for the Affairs of India [Board of Control] to the Court of Directors. Included with these are copies of letters from Edward John Stanley, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and William Rothery, an advisor to the Admiralty, concerning the preparation of bills, to be submitted to the British Parliament, authorising Vice Admiralty Courts to deal with vessels captured under the above agreements, and suggesting that such powers also be granted to a tribunal at Bombay [Mumbai].The item contains a table of contents (f 124), and the title page (f 123) contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft N. 294/48’, ‘Collection Vol: 1’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 123 and terminates at f 148, 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.
86. ‘Slave Trade’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the seventh in a series of seven items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2014/89996, 89997, 89998, 89999, 90000, and 90001). The correspondents are: the government of India and Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Robertson, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; and the Native Agent at Muscat [Khwāji Rūbin bin Aṣlān].The item concerns previous letters sent in the series about the punishment for engaging in the slave trade, and mentions that the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] issued a notification forbidding the public sale of enslaved people in early May 1843.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 666, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4079, [Season 18]43’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 256 and terminates at f 261, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
87. ‘Slave Trade’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; Reuben Aslan, Native Agent at Muscat. It is the fifth in a series of five items concerning the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2033/92119, 92120, IOR/F/4/2034/92121, and 92122).The item concerns:Reuben Aslan’s rescue of an Indian woman, two Indian children, and a Somalee [Somali] child at Muscat, and their statementsThe uncooperative attitude of Syed Soowenee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id, Acting Governor of Muscat] towards Reuben Aslan and his attempts to emancipate enslaved peopleThe rescue of an Indian boy at Judda [Jeddah]The rescue of a Hyderabadi girl and a discussion of ways to eliminate the trade in kidnapped children from that area to the GulfThe sudden imposition of an import levy on goods landed from Arab ships at MauritiusThe wreck of the Sir James Cockburnand the hospitality shown to the crew by Syed SooweneeThe legality of purchasing enslaved people for the purpose of emancipation.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 253, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4278, [Season 18]44’, ‘Vol: 5’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 88 and terminates at f 186, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
88. ‘Slave Trade’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; the East India Company Court of Directors. It is the first in a series of five items concerning the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2033/92120, IOR/F/4/2034/92121, 92122, and 92123).The item concerns:The liabilities of British subjects at Muscat concerning enslaved peopleThe rescue of an Indian girl who was sold at Muscat by the sister of the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id]The importation of six enslaved people from Zanzibar into Mandavee [Mandvi]The prevalence of the trade in enslaved people in Portuguese settlements in IndiaThe punishment of those convicted of importing enslaved people into AdenThe rescue of Indian children kidnapped and sold at MuscatPossible penalties for boats carrying enslaved people in the Red Sea or Persian GulfThe agreement between the Imam of Muscat and the French at Bourbon [Réunion] about importing free labourers into Bourbon.The enclosures to the letters in this item are contained in the subsequent items.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 253, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4278, [Season 18]44’, ‘Vol: 1’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 860 and terminates at f 886, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
89. ‘Slave Trade. Vol: 5’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Captain Samuel Hennell, the Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fifth in a series of six items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2066/94846, IOR/F/4/2066/94847, IOR/F/4/2066/94848, IOR/F/4/2066/94849, and IOR/F/4/2066/94851).The item concerns:Methods of eliminating the trade in kidnapped children from IndiaA discussion of the speed of the approach to take towards eliminating the trade in enslaved people, particularly as far as it concerns the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id]The difficulty of translating the Act of Parliament (10 August 1842) giving the Governors and Officers of the East India Company the same powers as those Governors and Officers of Her Majesty’s ColoniesThe applicability of the Act to Sawarrut Warree [Sawantwadi]Punishments for those who imported enslaved people into the Gulf, and the accountability of shaikhs for the actions of their subjects.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 73, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4548, [Season 18]44’, ‘Collection No 6 of No 27’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 435, and terminates at f 477, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
90. 'The French Brig La Vigilante with her Crew delivered over to the Imaum of Muscat to enable him by her restoration to appease the resentment of the French excited by his having compelled the Brig to leave the Cove of Muscat which led to her capture by His Majesty's Ship Concorde'
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- Abstract: This item consists primarily of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the governments of Bengal and Bombay.The letters are principally directed between the Government of Bombay, the Government of Bengal, and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān], and focus on the return of the French brig La Vigilanteto the Imaum. The main discussion is whether the capture of La Vigilanteby HMS Concordewas lawful, as Concordecompelled the Imaum of Muscat to force La Vigilanteto leave the safety of the port. As a result, the French plundered Arab ships belonging to Muscat, and so the Imaum demanded the return of La Vigilantein order to return her to the French and restore good relations. The possibility of a British alliance with Muscat and the terms of Muscat's neutrality are also discussed, as well as the practicalities of returning La Vigilanteand her crew, which was accomplished in February 1808. There is some mention of trade; fears of a French alliance with Muscat; and discussion on the jurisdiction of the Court of Vice Admiralty at Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 9, Season 1808/9, Draft 178, Para. 25'; and 'Examiner's Office, July + August 1808'.Physical description: The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
91. 'Mr W. C. Bunce appointed Resident at Muscat and granted an extra allowance of 150 R p m [Rupees per mensem] towards enabling him to maintain a yacht'
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the British Resident in Muscat, William Chichely Bunce.The item concerns the appointment of Bunce as British Resident at his own urging, and paying him an extra allowance to allow him to maintain a yacht. This is because of the unhealthy climate of Muscat, which has contributed to the deaths of the previous Residents. The death of Bunce is recorded. A search for a new site for the Residency has been started.The title page of this item contains the following references: 'Political No. 13, Draft 33, Season 1812/3, Examiner's Office February 1811'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 87, and terminates at f 95, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
92. ‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1884-85.’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1884-85, published by Authority by the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta [Kolkata]. A copy of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Mortimer Durand, Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department), dated 18 May 1885, is included in the report (folio 5), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:Part 1 ( General Summary), written by Ross, dated 30 April 1885 (folios 6-11), containing summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: Oman and the Pirate Coast; Bahrain; Nejd, El-Hasa [Al-Hasa] and El-Katr [Qatar]; Fars; Persian Arabistan; Persian Baluchistan; and Bassidore. The report also records a marked increase in the slave trade to the Gulf from Africa; summaries of changes in official personnel; British naval movements in the Gulf; and a summary of meteorological events observed at the Bushire observatory. Appendix A contains tabulated and graphical meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory.Part 2 ( Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency for the year 1884-85), submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles, Her Britannic Majesty’s Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (folios 12-23), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat, and an additional short report on the revival of the slave trade between Muscat and Zanzibar, a likely result, suggests Miles, of the departure of HMS Londonfrom Zanzibar. Appendix A is a report of Miles’s visit to Ras Fartak. Appendix B is an historical sketch, also written by Miles, on the Portuguese in Eastern Arabia.Part 3 ( Report on Trade for the Persian Gulf for 1884), written by Ross and dated April 1885 (folios 24-59), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade, with notes on: grain; opium; cotton; tobacco; imported goods; the increase in piece goods; sugar; the activities of European firms in the Gulf; steamers; the Dutch Commercial Treaty; trade routes; naphtha springs; and pearl fishing. Appendix A comprises tabulated data on import, exports and revenue, in the Gulf ports of Bushire, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bahrain and the Arab (Oman) coast. An index to the trade tables can be found at folios 25-26.Part 4 (Trade [at Muscat]), submitted by Miles (folios 59-66), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade at Muscat, and an appendix containing tabulated data on imports and exports at Muscat (listed by commodity), and the nationality and average tonnage of vessels visiting Muscat.Physical description: Condition: Some tears and holes in the paper, but not sufficient to impair legibility. Fold-out at f 10.Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 4, and ends on the last folio, on number 66.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
93. ‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1885-86.’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1885-86, published by Authority by the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta [Kolkata]. A copy of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for Fars, to Henry Mortimer Durand, Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department), dated 17 June 1886, is included in the report (folio 46), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:Part 1 ( General Summary,folios 47-54), containing summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: the ‘Pirate coast of Oman’; Bahrain (spelt as Bahrein throughout); Nejd, El-Hasa [Al-Hasa] and El-Katr [Qatar]; Fars, including Bushire, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Bassidore (mistakenly spelt Rassidore in the heading), and Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; Persian Arabistan; and Persian Baluchistan. The report also records a marked increase in the slave trade to the Gulf from Africa, due to the departure of HMS Londonfrom Zanzibar; summaries of changes in official personnel; British naval movements in the Gulf; and a summary of meteorological events observed at the Bushire observatory, including a severe gale which caused extensive damage to ports and towns throughout the Gulf. Appendix A contains tabulated and graphical meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory. Appendix B is a report entitled ‘A résumé of what has been done in the Persian Gulf as regards to the introduction of the Arabian date-palm in India’ written by A. R. Hakim, Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Part 2 ( Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency for the year 1885-86), submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Mockler, Her Britannic Majesty’s Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, dated 28 June 1886 (folios 55-58), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat, and an additional short report on the seizure of slave traders in Muscat waters during the course of the year. Appendix A is a set of notes written on a tour through Oman and El-Dhahireh [Adh-Dhahirah] in December 1885 by Miles.Part 3 ( Report on Trade for the Persian Gulf for 1885), written by Miles, dated 17 June 1886 (folios 59-92), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade, with notes on: exports (cereals, opium and tobacco); imports (Manchester goods, copper, sugar, naphtha and asbestos); shipping; exchange; the pearl trade. Appendix A comprises tabulated data on import, exports and revenue, in the Gulf ports of Bushire, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e ʻAbbās, Bahrain and the Arab (Oman) coast. An index to the trade tables can be found at folio 60.Part 4 ([at Muscat]), by Mockler (folios 92-102), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade at Muscat, and also containing tabulated data on imports and exports at Muscat (listed by commodity), and the nationality and average tonnage of vessels visiting Muscat. Appendix A that follows the report is a note on the weights and measures used in the pearl trade of the Persian Gulf, written by Mockler.Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 45, and ends on the last folio, on number 102.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
94. ‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1886-87.’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1886-87, published by Authority and printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta [Kolkata]. A copy of a letter from Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for Fars, to Henry Mortimer Durand, Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department), dated 2 June 1887, is included in the report (folio 336), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:Part 1 ( General Summary, folios 337-43) containing numbered summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: 1) Muscat state; 2) the pirate coast of Oman; 3) Bahrain; 4) Nejd, El-Hasa [Al-Hasa] and El-Katr [Qatar]; 5) Fars, including Shiraz, Bushire and its districts, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 6) Arabistan; and 7) Persian Baluchistan. The report also includes summaries for: 8) British actions against the slave trade; 9) Official appointments of British personnel and naval movements; 10) climatic observations, recorded by the observatory at Bushire; and a short note on the celebration of Queen Victoria’s jubilee in the region. Appendix A contains tabulated and graphical meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory.Part 2 ( Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency for the year 1886-87), submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Mockler, Her Britannic Majesty’s Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, dated 21 May 1887 (folios 344-45), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat.Part 3 ( Report on the trade of South Persia for the year 1886, folios 345-55), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade, with notes on: exports (cereals, tobacco); imports (Manchester [cotton] goods, metals and sugar); and shipping, including notes of freight, exchange and customs. Appendix A comprises tabulated data on import, exports and revenue, in the Gulf ports of Bushire, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e ʻAbbās, Bahrain and the Arab (Oman) coast. An index to the trade tables can be found at folio 346v.Part 4 ( Muscat trade report for the year 1886-87), submitted by Mockler, dated 21 May 1887 (folios 356-62), comprising a brief summary of the year’s trade at Muscat, and also containing tabulated data on imports and exports at Muscat (listed by commodity), and the nationality and average tonnage of vessels visiting Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 335, and ends on the last folio, on number 362.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
95. ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1892-93’
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- Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1892-3, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat.The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part 1,is a General Summary (folios 146-151) written by Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. This section gives a summary of developments in the region during the previous year and is divided up as follows:1. 'Oman Muscat Coast2. 'Oman Pirate Coast3. Bahrain4. Nejd5. El Katif [Al Qatif]6. El Hasa [Al Hasa]7. Kowait [Kuwait]7. (sic) El Katr [Qatar]8. Persian Arabistan9. Fars and Persian Coast10. Persian Baluchistan11. Slave Trade12. Royal Navy Vessels13. Political Appointments14. ObservatoryAppendix A to part 1 (folios 151-152) contains the following tabular statistics charts:Table No. 1 - Table showing Force and Prevailing Directions of Winds and recorded Rainfall at Bushire for the year 1892-93.Table No. 2 - Abstract Table of Meteorological Observations for the year ending 31st March 1893 taken at the Residency Observatory, Bushire, 1892-93.Table No. 3 - Abstract Table of Meteorological Observations for the year ending 31st March 1893 taken at the Civil Hospital, Muscat.Part 2is an Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1892-93 (folios 153-154) written by Major James Hayes Sadler, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat. The report provides a summary of political and military developments in Muscat during the previous year.Part 3, is a Report on the Trade and Commerce of Southern Persia and Mohammerah for the Year 1892 (folios 155-156) written by Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The report discusses trade developments in the region during the previous year. It is followed by Appendix A (folios 157-164) which contains a series of 24 tabular statistics charts related to different aspects of trade in the area.Part 4, is a Muscat Trade Report for the year 1892-93 (folios 165-170) written by Major James Hayes Sadler, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat. The report contains a number of detailed tables related to trade to/from Muscat.Part 5, is a Report on the Trade of Mohammerah for the Year 1892 (folio 171). The report is followed by Appendix A (folios 172-173) which contains a series of tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah.Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 144, and ends on the last folio, on number 173.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
96. ‘Administration report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1893-94’
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- Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1893-94, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat.The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part 1, is a General Summary (folios 118-123r) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and is divided up as follows:1. Oman-Muscat Coast,gives a summary of political and military developments on the coast with a brief comment on trade matters.2. Oman Pirate Coast,gives a summary of relations between the various ruling families on the coast.3. Bahrain,summary of developments in Bahrain during the previous year including news that the Ottoman Governor of El Katif [Al Qatif] had put up notices there asserting Turkish (Ottoman) sovereignty over Bahrain. It also reports a decline in pearl-fishing caused by a cholera outbreak and heavy rainfall that led to a number of fatalities.4. El Hasa and Ojair,a brief account of tribal movements and gatherings in the area.5. El Katif [Al Qatif],a summary of events in El Katif; records an outbreak of cholera, the appointment of a new Ottoman governor and other developments.6. El Katr [Qatar],a summary of events in El Katr during the previous year including details of a confrontation between Shaikh Jasim and forces of the Ottoman Government.7. Persian Arabistan,a summary of events in the region in the previous year. Reports outbreaks of disease and several other matters.8. Fars and Persian Coast,a summary of events in the region in the previous year including details regarding a cholera outbreak, an embargo on the export of wheat, the appearance of locusts, serious flooding in Shiraz and several other matters.9. Persian Baluchistan and Mekran,a summary of developments in the region during the previous year including details of raids and violence on the Perso-Baluch frontier, a large fire at Gwadur and several other matters.10. Slave Trade,a brief summary of the status of slave traffic in the region that reports no slave dhows were captured during the previous year.11. Royal Navy Vessels,records movements of British Government ships in the region and reports that Captain J H Pelly of the H. M. S. Sphinxwas Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf throughout the year with the exception of temporary intervals.12. Political Appointments,reports details of changes in staff during the previous year including the appointment of John Calcott Gaskin as Extra Assistant Resident and Vice-Consul in June and Surgeon-Captain P Lumsden as Residency Surgeon also in June.13. Observatory,points the reader to Appendix A (see below).Part 1 contains the following Appendix: A) Table showing force and prevailing directions of winds and recorded rainfall at Bushire for the Year 1894-94 (folios 123v-124).Part 2,is an Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency and Consulate for the Year 1893-94 written by Major James Hayes Sadler, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (folios 125-126).Part 3,is a Report on the Trade and Commerce of the Consular District of Bushire for the Year 1893 written by Fred A. Wilson, Consul General (folios 127-129). Appendix A to part 3 consists of 25 tabular charts related to trade and commerce in Bushire and the surrounding region (folios 129-136).Part 4,is a report entitled 'Trade Statistics for 1893-4' written by Major James Hayes Sadler, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (folios 137-142). The report contains a number of detailed tables related to trade to/from Muscat.Part 5,is a Report on the Trade of Mohammerah for the Year 1893 (folio 143). The report contains a description of the state of trade in Mohammerah. Appendix A (folios 144-45) contains several tabular charts regarding imports and exports to/from Mohammerah and the surrounding region.Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 116, and ends on the last folio, on number 145.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.