Author
the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
] Chief's attempts at spreading dissention in Oman
Publication Date
10 Jan 1857-9 Jan 1862 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,heb
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
327
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/155
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000080
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
10 Jan 1857-9 Jan 1862 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Volume regarding affairs in Muscat relating to Syed Torkee [Turkī ibn Saʻīd Āl Sa‘īd] of Sohar's rebellious actions against Syed Soweynee [Thuwaynī ibn Saʻīd Āl Sa‘īd].
The volume discusses the Joasmee [Āl
Qāsimī
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
] Chief's attempts at spreading dissention in Oman; the involvement of their brothers Sayid Majed [Mājid ibn Saʻīd] Sultan of Zanzibar and Syed Burgash [Barghash ibn Sa'id]; attempts at reconciliations between the brothers; the actions of the British Agent at Muscat (Lieutenant Walter Murray Pengelly) which were not approved of by the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
; Wahabee [Wahhabi] interests in Sohar; and Sohar eventually being given over to Syed Soweynee, with Syed Torkee being confined to a fort in Muscat, which led to a large scale rebellion against Syed Soweynee. Contained within the volume are several letters in Arabic, some with translations, and one letter with translation in Hebrew.
From folio 10 onwards the volume has been divided into smaller sections, each with their own subheading:
English correspondence regarding differences between H H Syed Soweynee, Imam of Muscat and H H Brother Syed Turki of Sohar 1857-1860 (ff 10-119);
Correspondence regarding piracies attended with murder during hostilities between the Chief of Sohar and the Imam of Muscat (ff 120-141);
H H Syed Soweynee quarrel with Syed Majid of Zanzibar, Syed Bughash and Syed Torkee [who?] figure in the compilation (ff 142-194);
Correspondence about Sued Soweynee's disputes with Syed Majid. Syed Soweynee intriguing secretly with the French attended to herein, also Syed Burgesh and Syed Torkee (ff 195-225);
Miscellaneous. Complaints from Bombay Native Merchants against the authorities at Muscat for demanding customs upon the cargo of the Buglah
Fath El Khair
; complaints of Syed Soweynee's indifference towards British Commissariat interests at Muscat; an attack on the
Fath El Khair
south of Ras El Had [Ra’s al Ḩadd] (ff 226-317).
Also included in the volume are four folios of manifest registers for goods exported by
Bugla
Large trading vessel.
[
Buggalow
Large trading vessel.
] to Aden produced 17 September 1856, which were sent to Colonel Atkins Hamerton, British Consul at Zanzibar in January 1857.
The principal correspondents within the volume are 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.
(Commander James Felix Jones); the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay (Henry Lacon Anderson); the
Native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
at Muscat (Khoja Hiskale); the British
Native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
at Shargah [Sharjah] (Haji Yaqub); the Commander of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Squadron (Commodore Griffith Jenkins, Commodore Henry Albert Matthew Drought); the British Agent at Muscat (Lieutenant Walter Murray Pengelly); the Imam of Muscat (Thuwaynī ibn Saʻīd Āl Sa‘īd); Her Majesty's Consul and British Agent at Zanzibar (Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Colonel Atkins Hamerton).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file has been separated into sections, with the correspondence within each section being arranged chronologically according to the date it was received at 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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
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