Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1896-97 followed by a separate series of appendices to this report. Both 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 220-223) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, that gives a summary of developments in the region during the past year. It is divided up as follows:1. Oman-Maskat Coast.2. Oman Pirate Coast.3. Bahrein [Bahrain].4. El Hasa [Al Hasa].5. Katif [Al Qatif] and Katr [Qatar].6. Kowait [Kuwait].7. Persian Arabistan.8. Fars and Persian Coast.9. Persian Baluchistan and Mekran.10. Slave Trade.11. Piracy.12. Royal Navy.13. Official Changes.Part 2, is an Administration Report of the Maskat Political Agency for the Year 1896-97 (folios 224-225) written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a summary of political and military developments in the region throughout the previous year.Part 4(sic), is a Maskat Trade Report for the Year 1896-97 (folios 225v-226) written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. Appendix A (folios 226v-228) that follows the report contains the following tables:Table 1 - Imports into Maskat.Table 2 - Exports from Maskat.Table 3 - Showing total number and tonnage of vessels of each nation that entered the Port of Maskat.Table 4 - Showing total number and tonnage of vessels of each nation that cleared from the Port of Maskat.Part 5, is a Report on the Trade and Commerce of Mohammerah for the Year 1896 (folios 228v-229) written by W McDouall, Vice-Consul, Mohammerah. Appendix A (229v-231) that follows the report contains a series of tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah.A separate series of appendices that follows the Administration report is contained on folios 233-267 and includes two meteorological tables and a Trade Report of the Persian Gulf for 1896 (folios 236-237) written by Malcolm John Meade, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The trade report itself has an appendix (folios 238-267) that contains a series of 27 tables related to several aspects of trade in the region.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 219) which list the report's contents.
Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1897-98, 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 of events in the region during the previous year (folios 319-322) written by Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, Officiating Political Resident, Persian Gulf. The summary is divided up as follows:1. General2. Oman-Maskat Coast3. Oman-Pirate Coast4. Bahrein [Bahrain]5. Nejd.6. Kowait [Kuwait]7. Persian Arabistan8. Fars and the Persian Coast9. Persian Baluchistan10. Slave Trade11. Piracy12. Royal Navy13. Official Changes14. ObservatoryAppendix A (folio 323) that follows Part 1 contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Table Showing the force and prevailing directions of the wind and recorded rainfall at Bushire for the year 1897-98.Table No. 2 - Abstract of Meteorological Observations for the year ending 31st March 1898, taken at the Residency Observatory, Bushire.Part 2, is an Administration Report of the Maskat Political Agency for the Year 1897-98 (folios 324-325) written by Major Christopher George Forbes Fagan, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a summary of political and military developments in Muscat throughout the previous year.Part 3, is a Trade Report of the Persian Gulf, for 1897 (folios 325v-327) written by Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, Officiating Political Resident, Persian Gulf. Appendix A to part 3 (folios 327v-362) contains a series of 27 tabular statistics charts concerning several aspects of trade throughout the region.Part 4, is a Trade Report for Maskat for 1897-98 (folio 362) written by Major Christopher George Forbes Fagan, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. Appendix A to part 4 (folios 363-364) contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Imports into Maskat.Table No. 2 - Exports from Maskat.Table No. 3 - Showing total number and tonnage of vessels of each nation that entered the Port of Maskat.Table No. 4 - Showing total number and tonnage of vessels of each nation that cleared from the Port of Maskat.Part 5, is a Report on the Trade of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and the Karun River for the Year 1897 (folios 364v-365). Appendix A that follows part 5 (folios 365v-368) contains a series of tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah and Karun river ports.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 317) which list the report's contents.
Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1898-99, 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 4-7) written by Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf that provides a summary of developments during the previous year. It is divided up as follows:1. General2. Oman-Maskat3. Oman-Pirate Coast4. Bahrein [Bahrain]5. Nejd6. Koweit [Kuwait]7. Persian Arabistan8. Fars and Persian Coast9. Persian Baluchistan10. Slave Trade11. Piracy12. Royal Navy13. Official Changes14. ObservatoryAppendix A to part 1 (folio 8) contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Statement showing the force and prevailing directions of the wind and recorded rainfall at Bushire for the year 1898-99.Table No. 2 - Abstract of Meteorological Observations for the year ending March 1899 taken at the Residency Observatory, Bushire.Appendix B to part 1 (folios 9-12) contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Statement showing the number of Dispensaries in the Persian Gulf during the year 1898.Table No. 2 - Statement showing the number of In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Dispensaries of the Persian Gulf during the year 1898.Table No. 3 - Statement showing the diseases of the In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, during the year 1898.Table No. 3a - Statement showing the Surgical Operations performed in the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, during the year 1898.Table No. 4 - Statement showing the Classes and Sexes of the In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, during the year 1898.Table No. 5 Part 1 - Statement showing the Income and Expenditure of the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, during the year 1898.Table No. 5 Part 2 - Account of Invested Capital of the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, for the year 1898.Part 2, is an Administration Report of the Maskat Political Agency for the Year 1898-99 (folios 12v-13) written by C. G. F. Fagan, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a summary of developments in Maskat during the previous year.Appendix A to part 2 (folios 13v-16) contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Statement showing the number of Dispensaries in Maskat during the year 1898.Table No. 2 - Statement showing the number of In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Civil Hospital, during the year 1898.Table No. 3 - Statement showing the Diseases of the In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Civil Hospital, Maskat, during the year 1898.Table No. 4 - Statement showing the Classes and Sexes of the In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Civil Hospital, Maskat, during the year 1898.Table No. 5, Part 1 - Statement showing the Income and Expenditure of the Civil Hospital, Maskat, during the year 1898.Table No. 5, Part 2 - Account of Invested Capital of the Civil Hospital, Maskat, clearing the year 1898.Part 3, is a Trade Report of the Persian Gulf for 1898 (folios 17-19) that provides a detailed description of trade developments in the region during the previous year.Appendix A to part 3 (folios 20-57) contains a series of 27 tabular statistics charts related to several aspects of trade in the region.Part 4, is a Trade Report for Maskat for 1898-99 (folio 58) written by Major Christopher George Forbes Fagan, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a brief description of trade in Maskat during the previous year and is followed by Appendix A (folios 58v-59) which contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Imports into Maskat.Table No. 2 - Exports from Maskat.Table No. 3 - Showing total number and tonnage of Vessels of each nation that entered the Port of Maskat.Table No. 4 - Showing total number and tonnage of each nations that cleared from the Port of Maskat.Part 5, is a Report on the Trade of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and the Karun River for the Year 1898 (folio 60). It is followed by Appendix A which contains a series of tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah and the ports of the Karun River.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 3) which list the report's contents.
Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency (no 245, Foreign Department serial no 20) for the year 1887-88, 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 14 June 1888, is included in the report (folio 4), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:Part 1 (General Summary), submitted by Ross (folios 5-11), containing numbered summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: 1) Muscat state; 2) Oman pirate coast; 3) El-Bahrain (referred to as Bahrain in the text); 4) El-Katr [Qatar]; 5) Nejd, El-Hasa [Al-Hasa]; 6) Fars and the Persian Coast, including Shiraz, Bushire and its districts, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 7) Persian Arabistan; and 8) Persian Baluchistan. The report also includes summaries for: 9) Climatic observations, recorded by the observatory at Bushire, and 10) British actions against the slave trade. Appendix A contains tabulated meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory.Part 2 (
Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency for the year 1887-88), submitted by A. S. Jayakar, Surgeon Major in Charge of the Political Agency (folios 12-18), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat, under the headings: political affairs, official changes, and slave trade. Appendix A to Part 2 is a sketch of the career of Seyyid Sultan bin Ahmed, the Imam Muscat, written by Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles.Part 3 (
Report on the trade of South Persia for the year 1887-88), submitted by Ross and dated 15 April 1888 (folios 18-30). The report comprises a short summary of the year’s trade, with notes on: exports (opium, tobacco, cereals); imports (Manchester [cotton] goods, sugar, metals and rice); shipping; exchange; custom; and notes supplied by Lieutenant Vaughan on the economic state at Yezd [Yazd], where Ross advocates the establishment of a British agent. 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 20.Part 4 (
Muscat trade report for the year 1887-88), submitted by Jayakar (folios 30-36), 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 3, and ends on the last folio, on number 36.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency (no 265, Foreign Department serial no 25) for the year 1888-89, 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 21 June 1889, is included in the report (folio 48), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:Part 1 (
General Summary), submitted by Ross and dated 21 June 1889 (folios 49-57), containing numbered summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: 1) Oman and Muscat state; 2) Oman pirate coast, including Ras-el-Khaimah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], Umm-el-Kawain [Umm al-Qaywayn], ’Ajman, Shargah, Debaye [Dubai], and Abu-Dhabbi [Abu Dhabi]; 3) El-Bahrain; 4) El-Katr [Qatar]; 5) Nejd and El-Hasa [Al-Hasa]; 6) Fars and the Persian Coast; 7) Persian Arabistan; and 8) Persian Baluchistan. Summaries of official appointments, naval movements, slave trade activity and climatic observations taken at the observatory at Bushire conclude the report. Appendix A is entitled ‘Notes on the “Ibn Rasheed” family of Jebel Shammer, and present position of Mohammed “Ibn Rasheed”’, with a genealogical table of the Rasheed dynasty. Appendix B is a translation of the Shah of Persia’s proclamation of 1888. Appendix C is a copy of the regulations for the navigation of the river Karun. Appendix D contains tabulated meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory.Part 2 (
Annual Report of the Muscat Political Agency and Consulate for the Year 1888-89), submitted by Lieutenant Wallace Stratton, Her Britannic Majesty’s Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, containing a summary of affairs at Muscat (folios 58-59), under the headings: political affairs, official changes, and slave trade.Part 3 (
Report on the Trade of South Persia and Persian Gulf for the Year 1888), submitted by Ross (folios 60-69). The report comprises a short summary of the year’s trade, with notes on: produce, including grain, opium, tobacco, gum and wool; steamers and freights; imports, including cotton goods, copper, loaf sugar, and petroleum; banking agencies; the opening of the river Karun to navigation; and the pearl fisheries. Appendix A comprises tabulated data on import, exports and revenue, in the Gulf ports and towns of Bushire, Shiraz, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bahrain and the Arab coast. An index to the trade tables can be found at folio 61v.Part 4 (
Muscat trade report for the year 1888-89), submitted by Stratton and dated 17 May 1889 (folios 70-75), 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 48, and ends on the last folio, on number 75.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1899-1900, 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 200-203) written by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Edward Charles Ross and divided up as follows:1. Oman-Muscat State,records recognition of His Highness Seyyid Feysal-bin-Turki as Sultan and ruler of the Muscat State by the Government of India.2. Oman-Pirate Coast, gives summary of relations between the various ruling families on the coast and contains a list of the estimated numbers of pearl-fishing boats sailing from Pirate Coast ports.3. El Bahrain,contains summary of events in Bahrain including reports that a number of members of the Naeem and Salateh tribes from El-Katr [Qatar] have settled in Bahrain.4. El Katr, includes details of feud between Shaikh Jasim-bin-Mohammed Bin Thani and the Chief of Abu Dhabi and reports on relations between Katr [Qatar] and the Turkish authorities.5. Nejd and El Hasa,reports that Emir Mohammed "Ibn Rashid" exercises authority over all of Nejd and comments on the energetic administration of the Muteserrif (Governor) of El-Hasa. Also records robberies from a number of boats in Kateef (Al Qatif) harbour.6. Fars and Persian Coast, summarises political developments in the region and mentions a summer cholera epidemic that is discussed in greater detail in Appendix C.7. Persian Arabistan,summary of political and trading developments in the region, also mentions Cholera epidemic in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr].8. Persian Baluchistan, summary of political developments in the region, notes the cruelty and misconduct of the Governor of Baluchistan, Abul Fath Khan.9. Slave Traffic,summary of the status of slave traffic in the region, records details of some slaves manumitted by the Residency.Part 1 contains the following appendices (folios 204-208):A) Genealogical Table of Chief Arab Families of Persian Arabistan;B) Table of Eliyat tribes of South-Western and Central Persia;C) Notes on Cholera in Persia, by Surgeon-Major T. Ffrench Mullen;D) Meteorological Tables.Part 2,is a resume of Muscat Affairs (folios 209-210) written by Atmarim Sadashiv Jayakar, Surgeon-Major, In Charge Political Agency, Muscat. The resume provides a summary of political and military developments in Muscat throughout the year.Part 3,is a Report (folios 211-212) on the Trade of South Persia and the Persian Gulf for the Year 1889, written by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Edward Charles Ross. Part 3 contains the following appendix (folios 213-221): A) Series of Tabular Statistics tables related to trade in the region.Part 4,is a Muscat Trade Report for the Year 1889-90, the report (folios 222-227), written by Atmarim Sadashiv Jayakar, Surgeon-Major, In Charge Political Agency, Muscat, contains a number of detailed tables related to trade to/from 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 198, and ends on the last folio, on number 227.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1890-91, 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 116-118) written by Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Major, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General for Fars and divided up as follows:1. Oman-Muscat State,brief summary of events that is expanded upon in Part 2 (folio 121).2. Oman-Pirate Coast,gives summary of relations between the various ruling families on the coast and other matters related to the 'Pirate Coast'.3. Bahrain,records desire of Shaikh Esa [Isa] to have his son Salman recognized as his successor and tensions between Esa and the Mutasarif (Ottoman Governor) of El Hasa.4. El Katr [Qatar],summary of events in El Katr during the past year including tensions between Shaikh Jasim bin Thani and the Chief of Abu Dhabi and his relations with the Ottoman Empire.5. Nejd and El Hasa,records capture of Riadh [Riyadh] by the Al Saud and on-going conflict between them and Ibn-ur-Rashid [Abdul-Aziz bin Mitab].6. Persian Arabistan,records creation of the post of Vice-Consul to Mohammerah and appointment of W McDouall as the first incumbent of the post.7. Fars and Persian Coast,brief summary of political and trade developments in the region during the past year.8. Persian Baluchistan,records appointment of Zein-ul-Abidin Khan as Governor of Baluchistan and provides general summary of events in the region during the past year.9. Slave Traffic,summary of events related to the slave trade in the region during the past year.10. Royal Navy Vessels,records departure (from the Gulf) of
H.M.S Marinerand the arrival of
H.M.S Sphinx.11. Political Appointments,records changes in British political appointments in the region in the past year.12. Observatory,brief comment on the daily weather observations that are contained in Appendix C.Part 1 contains the following appendices (folios 119-120):A) Genealogical Table of the Bakhtiari Chieftains;B) A Brief Account of the Tribe in the District of Pushte Kooh;C) Table Showing Force and Prevailing Directions of Winds and Recorded Rainfall at Bushire for the year 1890-91.Part 2,is an Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency and Consulate for the Year 1890-91 written by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Mockler, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (folios 121). The report provides a summary of political and military developments in Muscat throughout the year.Part 3,is a Report (folio 122) on the Trade of South Persia for the Year 1890, written by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Consul General for Fars, Edward Charles Ross. Part 3 contains the following appendix (folios 123-130): A) Series of Tabular Statistics tables related to trade in the region.Part 4,is a Muscat Trade Report for the Year 1889-90, the report (folios 131-136), written by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Mockler, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat. The report contains a number of detailed tables related to trade to/from Muscat.Part 5,is a Mohammerah Trade Report for the Year 1890 written by W McDouall, Her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul (folios 137-138). The report contains a description of trade and commerce in the town and a number of tables related to trade to/from it.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 114, and ends on the last folio, on number 138.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1891-92, 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 150-153) written by Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Political Resident, Persian Gulf and divided up as follows:1. Oman-Muscat Coast,general summary of political, trade and military developments along the coast over the previous year.2. Oman Pirate Coast,gives summary of relations between the various ruling families on the coast including political, trade and military matters.3. Bahrain,summary of events in Bahrain during the previous year; records an influenza outbreak and an excellent date crop. Matters related to the pearl trade are also discussed briefly.4. El Hasa,reports the arrival of the new Ottoman Mutasarif (Governor) Said Pasha and notes that diarrhoea and influenza were rife during the previous year, resulting in many deaths.5. El Katif [Al Qatif],notes that piracy has been rife and a general feeling of insecurity has prevailed during the previous year. Also notes introduction of new land laws by Turkish [Ottoman] authorities and that small-pox was prevalent at El Katif.6. Nejd,reports that the Al Saood [Al Saud] family appear to have finally lost control of the Nejd region to the Al Rashid dynasty of Jabal Shammar.7. El Katr,reports that Jasim bin Thani continues to disobey the Turkish [Ottoman] authorities and gives an account of recent tribal fighting in the area.8. Persian Arabistan,general summary of political, trade and military developments in the region over the previous year. Notes that Talbot visited Ahwaz accompanied by Captain Kemball in January.9. Fars and Persian Coast,general summary of political, trade and military developments along the coast over the previous year. Mentions prevalence of influenza and small-pox on the island of Kishm and the appearance of large numbers of locusts in Kirman.10. Persian Baluchistan,summary of political developments in the region. Also notes destructive presence of locusts around Charbar and Geah in July 1891.11. Slave Trade,summary of the status of slave traffic in the region.12. Royal Navy Vessels,records arrival and subsequent departure from the Gulf of H.M.S
Redbreastand the replacement of Commander Hart-Dyke of the H.M.S
Sphinx asSenior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf with Commander Streeton of the H.M.S
Brisk.13. Political Appointments,reports that there were no changes in Residency officials and that in September 1891, Surgeon-Major Ross was succeeded by Surgeon-Captain Duke as Residency Surgeon.14. Observatory,points to Appendix A containing the results of daily weather observations in a tabular statement.Part 1 also contains the following appendix (folios 154-155): Appendix A, Table showing Force and Prevailing Directions of Winds and recorded Rainfall at Bushire for the year 1891-92.Part 2,is an Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency and Consulate for the year 1891-92 (folio 156) written by Atmarim Sadashiv Jayakar, In Charge Political Agency, Muscat. The report provides a summary of political and military developments in Muscat throughout the past year.Part 3,is a Report on the Trade of Southern Persia and the Persian Gulf for the year 1891 (folios 157-158r) written by Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Political Resident, Persian Gulf. The report contains details regarding the types and quantities of imports and exports in the region. Appendix A to Part 3 (folios 158v-165) contains 25 tabular charts related to all aspects of trade in the region.Part 4,is a Muscat Trade Report written by Atmarim Sadashiv Jayakar, In Charge Political Agency, Muscat (folios 166-171). 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 1891 (folios 172-174). The report contains a description of the state of trade in Mohammerah and several tabular charts regarding imports and exports to/from Mohammerah and the surrounding region.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 149) which list the report's contents.
Abstract: Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1874-75, printed at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta, 1875.The report consists of a number of subsections, as follows:An administration report by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, with notes on personnel changes, Royal Navy vessels serving in the region,disturbances on land, The Maritime Truce, weather and winds, Bahrein [Bahrain], the coast from Kutr (Guttur) [Qatar] to the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al ʻArab], the Persian coast, the town and district of Bushire, postal services, and the slave trade (folios 49-52);A report on trade, also written by Ross (signed and dated 18 June 1875) (folios 51-52);Twenty-three tables and statements of trade statistics and data, including a memorandum on the opium trade, written by George Lucas, Uncovenanted Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 25 January 1875 (folios 52-63);A memorandum on the trade of Muscat, with six accompanying tables of trade statistics and data, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Miles Barrett, Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (folios 63-69).Physical description: The report is arranged in sub-sections, those relating to the Bushire Residency appearing first, those related to the Political Agency at Muscat appearing second. There is a table of contents (folio 48) that gives page references.
Abstract: Administration report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1875-76, published by Authority at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1876, and forming part of the Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department (no. 128). The administration report is based on reports sent by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross) and the Political Agent at Muscat to the Government of India. The report is preceded by a copy of a letter sent by Captain William Francis Prideaux, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, dated 5 July 1876, which enclosed the submission of the original reports to the Government of India (folio 8).The report is organised in a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part 1:
Administration Report for 1875-76(folios 8-10) signed by Ross, dated 6 April 1876, and arranged under subheadings as follows: General; Petty Chiefdoms (Oman Coast); Bahrain [referred to as Bahrein throughout]; Nejd [Najd] and El Katr or Guttur [Qatar]; the Persian Coast; Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū]; the Government of Fars and Shiraz; Establishments (political, medical, postal, naval), and the slave trade.Part 2:
Memorandum on the Governments and Districts of Fars for 1875-76(folios 20-21), signed by Ross, dated April 1876, and arranged under subheadings as follows: I. Behbehan; II. Government of Bushire and districts; III. Government of Lar and Saba; IV. Government of Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; V. Government of Dārāb; VI. Government of Iklid and Ābādeh; a list of governments or districts and collectorates of Fars not included in the six principal governments; Eeliat or nomad tribes of Fars; a list of places on the coast of Persian from Mashoor to Bandar-e ʻAbbās; a number of lists of the coastal ports and villages under different rulers in the different districts in Fars; details of the distance and staging points on the routes from Moghoo to Lar, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] to Lar, Bandar-e ʻAbbās to Lar, and Ferozubad to Kerman through Fasa and Dārāb; a table of the revenue of Fars, supplied by Mirza Hassan Ali Khan, the Agent at Shiraz.Part 3:
Memorandum showing number of Returns accompanying the Trade Report of the Residency, Persian Gulf(folios 21-44): a series of twenty-seven statistical tables containing data on imports and exports in the Persian Gulf ports of Bushire, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bahrain, and the Arab Coast. There is an index of the statistical tables on folio 21.Part 4:
Administration report of the Political Agency, Muscat, for the year 1875-76(folios 44-46), prepared by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles, Her Britannic Majesty’s Political Agent and Consul at Muscat. The report is chiefly a summary of political events over the year in Muscat, with additional, brief summaries: on personnel changes at the Agency; the slave trade; general trade, with figures for the value of trade exports and imports, expressed in dollars; climate; customs.Part 5, prepared by Miles (folios 47-53) comprises six statistical tables containing trade data relating to Muscat: average tonnage of vessels entering and leaving the port of Muscat; imports and exports, listed by commodity; and contrasted statements on vessels and imported goods.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 with text, on number 5, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 53.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Administration report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1876-77, published by Authority at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1877, and forming part of the Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department (no. 138). The administration report is based on reports sent by the Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Francis Prideaux) and the Political Agent at Muscat (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles) to the Government of India. The report is preceded by a copy of a letter sent by Prideaux to Thomas Henry Thornton, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, dated 15 June 1877, which enclosed the submission of the original reports to the Government of India (folio 8).The report is organised in a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part I:
Administration Report for 1876-77 – General(folios 8-10) signed by Prideaux, and arranged under subheadings as follows: 1. Oman; Petty independent chiefdoms (2. Oman Coast); 3. Bahrain [referred to as Bahrein throughout]; 4. Nejd [Najd]; 5. Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū]; 6. Persian Coast; 7. Government of Fars; Bushire (Dashtee, Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], postal, judicial); Establishment (political, medical, naval); slave trade.Part II:
Administration Report for 1876-77 – Memorandum showing the number of Returns accompanying the Trade Report of the Residency, Persian Gulf(folios 11-45), comprising thirty statistical tables containing data on the import and export of commodities into and out of the Persian Gulf during the official year 1875-76. The tables contain data for Arabia, Persia and Turkey in Asia, and specifically data on vessels and trade at Bushire, Bandar-e ʻAbbās, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Bahrain and the Arab coast. There is an index of the statistical tables on folio 11.Part III:
Administration report of the Political Agency, Muscat, for the year 1876-76(folios 45-48), prepared by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles, Her Britannic Majesty’s Political Agent and Consul at Muscat. The report is arranged under the following headings: political; resources and trade (production, agriculture, industries, fisheries, trade).Part IV, prepared by Miles (folios 49-55) comprises six statistical tables containing trade data relating to Muscat: average tonnage of vessels entering and leaving the port of Muscat; imports and exports, listed by commodity; and contrasted statements on vessels and imported goods.Part V,
Medical Topography of Muscat(folios 55-62), by the Muscat Agency Surgeon, Atmarim Sadashiv Jayakar. Jayakar’s report is arranged under the following headings: geology; climate; water supply; food; sanitation; population; dwellings and streets; prevailing diseases; malaria and malarial fevers; typhoid fever; smallpox and measles; cholera; dysentery; scurvy; rheumatism; phthisis pulmonalis; bronchitis; purumonia; organic diseases of the heart; dyspepsia, colic and diarrhoea; hoemorrhoides [haemorrhoids]; diseases of the liver; hypertrophy; diseases of the kidney and bladder; diseases of the brain and insanity; diseases of the eye; diseases of the skin; leprosy; ulcers; dracunculus; venereal diseases; syphilis.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 1, and ends on the last folio on number 62.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Administration report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1877-78, published by Authority at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1878. The report is based on reports sent by the Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross) and the Political Agent at Muscat (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles) to the Government of India. The report is preceded by a copy of a letter sent by Ross to Alfred Comyn Lyall, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, dated 8 July 1878, which enclosed the submission of the original reports.The report is organised in a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part I: General Report, signed by Ross, and arranged under subheadings as follows: Oman; Arab Coast; Bahrein [Bahrain]; Nejd [Najd]; Province of Fars and the Persian Coast and Islands; Bushire; Coast from Bushire to Lingah [Bandar Lengeh]; Lingah; Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas]; Persian-Baloochistan [Baluchistan] Coast; Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū]; Establishments; Slave-Trade; Appendices (including meteorological tables, notes on the Kara Aghach River by Dr Friedrich Carl Andreas*, the route from Bushire to Lar and Shiraz, and the route from Lar to Shiraz, the Persian Post Office and Foreign Postage, and tables of Persian money and measurements).Part II: Report on trade of the Persian Gulf for the year 1877, signed by Ross and arranged under subheadings, as follows: Effects of late war on the trade; Steam communication; Grain harvest; Scarcity of coin; Opium; Pearl fisheries; Impediments to development of trade in Persia; and appendices (including notes on the pearling industry by Captain Edward Law Durand, notes on date palm cultivation by James Charles Edwards, and 31 tables of trade statistics covering imports/exports from/to the various ports and settlements of the Persian Gulf, and between the Persian Gulf and India).Part III: Administration report of the Political Agency, Muscat, for the year 1877-78, prepared by Miles and arranged under the following subheadings: Political; Official changes; Slave Traffic.Part IV: Trade statistics for Muscat, prepared by Miles, and comprising of six tables covering imports, exports, and number and tonnage of vessels entering and leaving the port.* Folio 246 - a map has been temporarily removed and replaced with a green sheet of paper noting its removal.Physical description: Pagination: The report has a pagination system which uses numbers printed in the top-left corner of versos and top-right corner of rectos.