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'File 6/1 ZANZIBAR'

Title	'File 6/1 ZANZIBAR'
Author	a covering letter from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
Publication Date:	18 Mar 1901-28 Feb 1905 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	4
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/6/144
Record ID	vdc_100000000831.0x000357
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 Mar 1901-28 Feb 1905 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file concerns two items of correspondence relating to Zanzibar. The first is an anonymous letter to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (in Arabic, with English translation), dated 14 February 1901, concerning Hilal bin Amr, former Vizier to the Sultan of Zanzibar. The letter warns the Sultan that Hilal bin Amr, who was then in Oman, was intending to import arms from French-held Jibouti [Djibouti]. The letter is accompanied by a covering letter from 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. , Muscat to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The second item of correspondence is a letter dated 28 February 1905 from John Houston Sinclair, Acting British Agent and Consul General at Zanzibar, to Major William George Grey, 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. and Consul, Muscat, denying a rumour that Seyid Ali bin Hamud, the Sultan of Zanzibar, had been sent to England as a punishment for engaging in political intrigues with Germany.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	Subject files: File 6/1

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'File 6/1 ZANZIBAR'

Author a covering letter from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative

Publication Date 18 Mar 1901-28 Feb 1905 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 4

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/6/144

Record ID vdc_100000000831.0x000357

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 Mar 1901-28 Feb 1905 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file concerns two items of correspondence relating to Zanzibar. The first is an anonymous letter to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (in Arabic, with English translation), dated 14 February 1901, concerning Hilal bin Amr, former Vizier to the Sultan of Zanzibar. The letter warns the Sultan that Hilal bin Amr, who was then in Oman, was intending to import arms from French-held Jibouti [Djibouti]. The letter is accompanied by a covering letter from 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. , Muscat to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The second item of correspondence is a letter dated 28 February 1905 from John Houston Sinclair, Acting British Agent and Consul General at Zanzibar, to Major William George Grey, 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. and Consul, Muscat, denying a rumour that Seyid Ali bin Hamud, the Sultan of Zanzibar, had been sent to England as a punishment for engaging in political intrigues with Germany.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) Subject files: File 6/1