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1. 'Political'
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- Abstract: This file contains papers that discuss possible Turkish designs on Oman. It also includes the November 1885 administration report and trade returns from the Political Agent in Muscat to the Political Resident in Bushire; 1884-85 report on a visit by the Political Agent to Ras Fartak. However. The majority of the file's papers cover possible means of British support (including Naval action) to Sayyid Turki, the Sultan of Muscat and Oman against insurrection in 1885-1886.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-52; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
2. 'Muster Roll of Officers, Artificers, and Men Order'd to Remain in Persia'
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- Abstract: This document contains a muster roll of the officers, artificers, and men ordered to remain in Persia [Iran] to provide military assistance to the Persian Government, dated 25 July 1810. The document was enclosed in a secret letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, of 24 July 1810, which was received 21 November 1810.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
3. ‘A List of British Officers and Serjeants attached to the Service of Abbas Meerza’
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- Abstract: A list of the British officers and sergeants attached to the service of Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], giving their names and units.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in dispatch No. 92, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 34 to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 28 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/253).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
4. 'File 8/76 INDIAN OFFICERS OF THE MUSCAT LEVIES'
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- Abstract: Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/268), this file mainly concerns the deputation of Pakistan Army officers with the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Levy Corps).Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the possibility of extending the deputation in Muscat of a Pakistan Army officer; the training of Muscat Infantry personnel with the Pakistan Army; the future supply of officers to the Muscat Infantry. Also discussed is the case of a former VCO (Viceroy's Commissioned Officer of the British Indian Army) and his claim for outstanding pay from his time in the Muscat Infantry in the 1920s and 1930s.The file's principal correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain; the Commandant of the Muscat Infantry; officials of the Government of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations.The Urdu language material consists of one item of correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; 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 present in parallel between ff 12-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
5. 'File 8/76 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: INDIAN OFFICERS OF THE MUSCAT INFANTRY ON DEPUTATION ETC: FROM THE INDIAN ARMY'
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- Abstract: Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/267), this file relates to VCOs (Viceroy's Commissioned Officers) who have served on deputation with the Muscat Infantry. The correspondence concerns administrative matters such as pay and rank. Most of the correspondence relates to Subedar Allah Dad, a VCO of the Jat Regiment who recently served on deputation with the Muscat Infantry. The file features the following correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Commandant of the Muscat Infantry; the Records and Accounts Section of the Jat Regiment, Bareilly, India; the Record Officer of the 16th Punjab Regiment, Sialkot, Pakistan.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-24; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
6. 'File 8/77 III MUSCAT INFANTRY'
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- Abstract: Following on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/270B), this file relates to the Muscat Infantry. The correspondence is primarily concerned with appointments in the Muscat Infantry of officers on deputation from the Pakistan Army. The file is largely formed of correspondence between the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs, and officials of the Government of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, discussing appointments and related details such as terms of secondment. Also present as a correspondent is the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The Arabic language material consists of a letterhead in an item of correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 92; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence between ff 33-90, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
7. 'File 8/77 Muscat Infantry.'
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- Abstract: Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/270A), this file primarily concerns the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Levies). Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: a proposal from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat for his Agency to dispense with the guard provided by the Muscat Infantry; details of current figures for the Muscat Infantry (e.g. equipment, transport, number of men and their nationalities), provided in response to an enquiry from the War Office regarding armed forces in the Persian Gulf; appointments in the Muscat Infantry, including the replacement of a Pakistan Army officer on deputation with the Infantry; reports of a mutiny in the Muscat Infantry on 27 September 1950, resulting in 90 men being discharged.Other notable correspondents besides those cited above include the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs and officials of the Government of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations.Also present in the file are copies of various Foreign Office documents relating to the soon to be established Trucial Oman Levies (ff 8-20). Details include terms and conditions of employment for the newly appointed Commandant of the Levies, details of personnel and pay, and rules of discipline for the Levies.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 90; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two previous foliation sequences between ff 2-89 and between ff 29-46, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
8. Preparations for the First Anglo-Afghan War
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Governor-General of India, Allahabad, Secret Department, to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 29A of 1842, dated 16 August 1842. The enclosures are numbered 1-12 and dated 7-28 July 1842. There is no abstract of contents.The enclosures consist of letters relating to political and military affairs in Cabool [Kabul], Ghuznee [Ghazni], Jellalabad [Jalalabad], Candahar [Kandahar], Quetta, Shikarpore [Shikarpur], and the Punjab, with particular reference to the East India Company’s preparations for war in Afghanistan (the First Anglo-Afghan War, July 1839-October 1842). There are occasional corrections and annotations in pencil throughout this item.The principal correspondents are: Lord Ellenborough, Governor-General; Major Outram, Quetta; Major General William Nott; and Major General I G Pollock, CB.Physical description: 1 item (37 folios)
9. Preparations for the First Anglo-Afghan War
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Governor-General of India, Allahabad, Secret Department, to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 32 of 1842, dated 17 August 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-159 and are dated 17 July-16 August 1842.The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to political and military affairs in: Bameean [Bamian], Cabool [Kabul], Jellalabad [Jalalabad], Candahar [Kandahar], Beloochistan [Baluchistan], Bokhara [Bukhara], Toorkistan [Turkistan], Kohistan, the North West Frontier, Punjab, Laddakh [Ladakh], and Sinde [Sindh]. Enclosures mainly relate to the East India Company’s diplomatic, military, and logistical preparations in conjunction with regional allies for war in Afghanistan (the First Anglo-Afghan War). Papers additionally cover the transportation to Cabool of camels and cattle through arrangements and agreements with local suppliers; accounts on the hiring of camels by the EIC between 1839-1842; schedules of the duty charged on the cargoes of traders from Sinde and Afghanistan; accounts on the conversion of units of measurement; descriptions of the import and export of goods and commodities to Bombay; descriptions of goods exported from Karachi to Muscat; lists of the traders, bankers and financiers, animal keepers, and traders in enslaved people present in Karachi.The item includes a sketch map of Shinwaree [Shinwari] Valley on folio 580. There is a note from an unspecified later date on folio 249 stating that enclosure No. 15 is missing, as well as the first folio of the abstract of contents.The correspondents include: Lord Ellenborough (Governor-General); Thomas Herbert Maddock (Secretary to the Government of India and the Governor-General); General Sir Jasper Nicolls, KCB (Commander-in-Chief of British Forces, Head Quarters, Simla [Shimla]); Lieutenant-Colonel Melville (Secretary to the Government of Bombay); Captain Henry Montgomery Lawrence (Assistant Agent to the Governor-General); Major-General William Nott (Commander, Lower Afghanistan and Sinde); Major James Outram (Political Agent, Sinde and Baluchistan); Captain E I Brown (Assistant Political Agent, Sinde and Baluchistan); W F Hammersley (Assistant Political Agent In Charge, Sinde and Baluchistan); Lieutenant-Colonel N Wallace (Commander, Sukkur and Upper Sinde); Captain W C Stather (Staff Officer, Sukkur); R N C Hamilton (Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, North West Provinces); George Clark (Agent to the Governor-General, North West Provinces); Arthur Malet (Political Agent, Kutch); Lieutenant-Colonel I Parsons (Deputy Commissary General); Captain G Pope (Assistant Commissary General); and Captain C W Hart (Acting Interpreter, Sinde Residence).Physical description: 1 item (636 folios)
10. Affairs in India and Elsewhere
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay's Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 8 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 2 November 1840 to 1 February 1841.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence sent and received by the Government of Bombay, and copies of other papers such as minutes, memoranda and resolutions.The main correspondents are as follows: the Government of Bombay's Military Board; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Political Agent in Lower Scinde; and the Quarter Master General of the Bombay Army. Other correspondents include the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul], and the Political Agent in Upper Scinde.Many of the enclosures relate to military affairs in Scinde [Sindh, also spelled Sinde in the volume] and elsewhere in India.It also includes enclosures relating to the following:Rules established by the Rao of Cutch, stating that among those vessels trading between Sinde and Bombay, those which were driven into Mandavie [Mandvi] by adverse weather conditions were exempt from the payment of the duties previously exacted at that Port (enclosures relating to this include a Supplementto the Bombay Government Gazette, which contains a notification on this subject by the Government of Bombay's Political Department, which is printed in English, Persian, Gujarati, and Marathi)Ordnance and ammunition ordered for the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul]A carriage intended as a present from Queen Victoria to the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatAga Khan, Governor of Kerman, requesting the Government of Bombay to aid his agent in the collection of contributions from members of his tribe living in Bombay.In addition, this part includes:Three newsletters from the Secretary to the Government of India, containing précis of the latest intelligence received by the Governor General of India, from places including: Peshawur [Peshawar], Upper and Lower Scinde [Sindh], Afghanistan, Khiva, Burma, Nepal, China, Persia [Iran], and Bagdad [Baghdad]A sketch map of the route from Deesa to Lheree via Nuggur, Purkur, Wanga Bazaur, Roree and Shickarpoor [Shikarpur] by Lieutenant J Jacob of the Bombay Artillery (folio 468).Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-89, on folios 383-402. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure. Enclosures no. 80-82 listed in the abstract of contents are not included in the volume.
11. Affairs in the Punjaub
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- Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 27 of 1846, dated 3 March 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs in the Punjaub [Punjab], including the following: the republication and dissemination of the announcement for the military victory of British forces over the Sheikh [Sikh Khāliṣah] Army; military reinforcements for Scinde [Sindh] sent by the Government of Bombay; ten lacs [lākh] (1,000,000) of rupees sent from the Government of Bengal to the Government of Scinde; and the use of the Bhangy Dak [Urdu: ḍāk bahangī] or native parcel post. There is a note in red ink on folio 228 indicating despatches 59-60 are missing, dated 29 October 1906. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folios 220-228). Correspondence from the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (86 folios)
12. Affairs in the Punjaub
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- Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 23 of 1846, dated 15 February 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs in the Punjaub [Punjab], including the following: the publication, republication, and dissemination of the announcement for the military victory of British forces over the Sikh [Khāliṣah] Army; orders for reinforcements from Surat to Currachee [Karachi]; twenty lacs [lākh] (2,000,000) of rupees sent from the Government of Bengal to the Government of Scinde [Sindh]; and orders for the raising of a second corps of Scinde Irregular Horse. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folios 61-70).Physical description: 1 item (114 folios)
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