Author
an agent.
in Muscat. Much of this correspondence relates to the purchase of a Montagu whaler boat
Publication Date
18 Feb 1925-19 Apr 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
237
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/459
Record ID
vdc_100000000881.0x0000ea
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
18 Feb 1925-19 Apr 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This volume contains correspondence and documents, primarily invoices and receipts, concerning the supply of sailing vessels and related parts to the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Muscat. Much of this correspondence relates to the purchase of a Montagu whaler boat (generally referred to in the papers erroneously as a 'Montague Whaler'), and to the purchase of replacement parts for the boat in the years that followed. The vessel was required as a replacement for the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
's rowing boat, which had been wrecked in a storm.
Correspondence towards the rear of the volume discusses the supply of a new boat for the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Muscat to use for the duration of the Second World War and the construction of a new shed in which to store the Montagu whaler. Also enclosed are a number of replies to an advertisement in the
Times of India,
regarding the purchase of a replacement motor for the whaler, which was placed by Major Reginald George Evelyn William Alban, the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Muscat.
The principal correspondents in the volume are officials from the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Muscat, the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
in Bushire, the Naval Store Officer of Her Majesty's Indian Marine in Bombay [Mumbai] and a number of private naval and timber contractors. The volume also contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Muscat and officials of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman that is in Arabic (accompanied by English translations).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
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