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‘File 35/106 (A 43) Exclusive Treaty with Masqat’ [6r] (19/52)
The record is made up of 1 volume (21 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1913-12 Jan 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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territory and feed on his estates* Be should be warned
that w© will not lend money to be squandered In these dlrec
tlons and shall forbid our subjects to lend him rataney
either f until he gives us guarantee that these loans and
the revenues of the country are being spent in serious
efforts to pacify it, esTjecially the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
samail. For the
present# it seems impossible to do anything except stick
to the Masqat Matrah enclave organise the Levy Corps and
prepare for an advance to Samail in October next. The
object of this advance would be to install Nadir, or some
other well qualified selection of Sultan there as Governor,
have Forts at Bidbid and Samail put in thorough order and
garrisoned by at least a company each of the new Levy
Corps, whose head quarters should be in Sib# It would pro
bably be necessary to leave a double compnny with machine
gun section at Bait al FalaJ to frighten off any marauding
raids down
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
# Adai behind back of ladi Samail. Political
advisers, preferably selected natives of India, paid from
Oustoms revenues and in close touch wi&h Political 4gent,
would be required, one at Masqat for Sultan and one at
Samail for Hadir. Latter could gradually, in consultation
with Nadir subsidise selected tribal petty Chiefs to
maintain communications from Samail to Sib and Masqat*
When these arrangements are complete, our troops could
withdraw. It is essentially a cold weather job and would
necessitate employment of troops for from two or three
months next winter and maintenance of Bait al FalaJ garri
son to the end of the year. But it seems the only hope of
re-establishing Sultan's authority, a useful asset to us.
As price fif this material assistance. Sultan should under-
take to manage Masqat and Matrah customs under our advice
and devote Zanzibar subsidy to expense of Levy Corps and
secret but effective understanding that he will correspond
with no foreign governments unrepresented at Masqat except
through us. In our turn, we bear all costs of expedition
to reestablish his authority in Samial and balance of ex
penditure on Levy Otorps. KNOX
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The volume contains confidential correspondence, chiefly exchanged between 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. , Major Stuart George Knox, and 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. at Muscat, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Edward Benn, on British policy with regard to the Sultan of Muscat’s [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] relations with foreign powers. Correspondence chiefly concerns: tensions between Muscat and tribes in Oman; the growing German commercial presence in the Gulf; British concern at the prospect of the Sultan of Muscat signing a commercial treaty with Germany; discussion of elevating the French position at Muscat to counter German influence.
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- 1 volume (21 folios)
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The volume’s contents are arranged in chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence begins on the first folio and ends on the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil or blue crayon, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C.
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- ‘File 35/106 (A 43) Exclusive Treaty with Masqat’
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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