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1. 'Unsettled state of affairs at Muscat and operations against the Joasmee Pirates by the combined forces of the Company and the Muscat Government'
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- Abstract: The item consists of correspondence regarding the situation in Muscat after the death in 1804 of the Imam Syed Sultan [Sultan bin Ahmad Al Bu Sa’id] and efforts to counter the naval activities of the Joasmee [Al-Qasimi] in the Gulf. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the capture by the Joasmee of two British ships, the Shannonand the Trimmer, and the eventual return of the Trimmeras part of a truce.Other topics covered include:· An attempted coup by Syed Gheiss [Qais bin Ahmad Al Bu Sa’id], the brother of the late Imam· An Omani expedition to recover Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] from Mullah Hussain [Molla Husayn], ruler of Kishem [Qeshm]· The establishment of a permanent Residency at Muscat.The correspondence consists mainly of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat. The other correspondents are: Mullah Hussain; Syed Gheiss; the Resident at Bussora [Basra]; the Resident at Bushire; Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi], Emir of Sharjah; and Syed Beder [Badr bin Saif Al Bu Sa’id], Regent of Oman.The bulk of the item dates from the years 1805 and 1806, the earlier date range includes copies of the Anglo-Omani Agreement of 1798 and an amendment to it from 1800 (ff 17-19).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 2, and terminates at f 90, 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 file also contains an original pagination sequence.
2. 'File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab)'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to affairs in Sharjah. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent or the Political Officer at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire (Bahrain from 1946).Matters covered by the file include:Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, the ruler of Sharjah's proposal to build a fort on the island of Sir Bu Nu'air;an intercepted letter from King 'Abdul 'Aziz bin Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia to Shaikh Muhammad bin 'Ali bin Huwaidin of the Bani Qatab [Bani Qitab] tribe (August 1939);a settlement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr and Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed of Kalba over the allowance given to the latter;fears of Bedouin raids in Dubai;a proposal from the Bank of India and Persian Gulf to open a branch in Sharjah;the murder of the cousin and rival of the Shaikh of Himriyah;incidents of robbery by members of the Bani Qitab and Awamir tribes;reparation work carried out on the falaj ( pl.aflāj), a network of water channels, at Dhaid.Folio 12 is a secret memorandum on the Bani Qitab tribe, written by Khan Abdur Razzak, the Residency Agent, dated 6 October 1943.Folio 51 is a genealogical chart of the Qasimi tribe.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 52; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-34; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.