Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; British Agent at Bahrain [Ḥājī Jāsim]; and British Agent at Muscat [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf]. It is the fourth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns a vessel from Bombay, sailing under British colours, which was plundered and set on fire, allegedly by the nakhuda, with assistance from some of the crew. The nakhuda is also accused of murdering four men on the ship, and six who left the ship in the long boat. The item includes statements from a crew member who escaped from the vessel before the fire and one who was arrested for this crime by the Syed Soweney [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 4 of No 140’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 932, and terminates at f 949, 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.
Abstract: Correspondence concerning the attack by the tribes of Oman on Muscat in 1895 in which British subjects lost property leading to the insistence by British officials that a tax be levied on dates coming from the rebel areas. Letters discuss the British guarantee to Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and the Sheikhs of Oman that whatever differences they had with the Sultan of Muscat no attack on Muscat or Muttrah would be permitted. Includes a printed report which includes a list of verified claims of British subjects for compensation on account of losses during the late disturbances. Correspondents include Political Agent, Muscat; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Deputy Secretary to the Government of India; Sayyid Faisal [Fayṣal bin Turkī] , Sultan of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: This file has circled foliation numbers in the top right hand corner of each folio that begin on the front cover and end on the back cover.
Abstract: Correspondence discusses the attacks on Muscat and Mutrah by the tribes of the Omani interior. Correspondence between Robert Benn, Political Agent Muscat, the Foreign Office in London and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf discusses:The immediate context of the situation whereby in 1913 tribal forces from the interior attacked and occupied the coastal towns of Barka and Quaryat [Qurayyāt]. These were bombarded by H.M.S.
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Dartmouth.The context of the outbreak of World War I which emboldened the rebels as they thought no ships would be available for defence of Muscat. Reports continued to be received of the determination of Shaikh Hamyar bin Nasir, the Imam's chief Lieutenant, to harrass Matrah of the Bani Battash to attack Muscat.Discussions of troop deployment and development of armed forces by Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal].Discussion of 'pro-German propaganda'.Timing of Imam's decision to attack on 11th January 1915.Report on the events leading up to the attack with enclosures on casualties and a letter from Shaikh Isa bin Saleh al Harithi to the Sultan of Muscat; sketch map of the attack drawn by Robert Arthur Benn, Political Agent, Muscat, to illustrate the report.Correspondents include Robert Arthur Benn, Political Agent, Muscat; Stuart George Knox, On Special Duty for Political Resident Persian Gulf; Saiyid Hamad bin Hilal [Ḥamad bin Hilāl] ; Shaikh Isa bin Saleh al-Harithi [‘Īsá Bin-Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥārithī]; Sultan of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each page.