"مُلخّص المراسلات المتعلّقة بشؤون زنزبار من ١٨٥٦ إلى ١٨٧٢." أعدّه النقيب ب. د. هندرسون، الملحق بالإدارة الخارجية" [ظ‎‎١‎٠‎١] (١١٤/٤٢)

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Arbitration of Government of India-
Syed Thoweynee and Syed Majid, but as a permanent arrangement, compensating the
ruler of Muscat for the abandonment ot all claims upon Zanzibar, and adjusting the inequality
between the two inheritances, which are to be henceforward separate.
" The Governor General in Council offers no opinion about the rule of succession in
Zanzibar ; to do so would, he considers, be travelling beyond the bounds of the question sub
mitted for arbitration.
"His Excellency in Council agrees with the Bombay Government as to the guardianship
of the younger brothers, and requests that the necessary instructions may be issued to Her
Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar.
" Syed Burgash must, of course, be free to return to Zanzibar, if he pleases, and the Consul
should be directed to recommend him to the clemency of Syed Majid. But there is strong
objection to putting him under the Consul's surveillance. The Consul may very properly give him
good advice on occasion arising, and warn him that he will receive no countenance or protection
from the Consulate in the event of his behaving disloyally or turbulently ; but the English
Consul could not, with any propriety, or without risk of grave embarrassment, undertake to
watch the doings of a suspected member of the ruler's family.
"The opinion of Brigadier Coghlan and of the Bombay Government negativing the
claim of Syed Toorkee to the independent sovereignty of Sohar appears to be perfectly^ just.
The communication which it is proposed to make to that Chief will be very proper.
"The proposal to appoint a duly qualified agent to Muscat is entirely approved, and I am
directed to request that the Government of Bombay will lose no time in nominatino- a duly
qualified person, if their suggestions for a new arrangement of the agencies in ArabiiT Persia
and Zanzibar are likely to be delayed.
" The Supreme Government heartily concurs in the commendation given by the Governor
in Council to Brigadiar Coghlan. It is rare to see an intricate and difficult subject so com
pletely and clearly dealt with as the one now before His Excellency in Brigadier Co^hlan's
report, and His Lordship in Council trusts that Her Majesty's Government will not omit to
mark their appreciation of this excellent officer's valuable services, past and present.
•d " t l iank l of t ^. e ^ overIlor General in Council should also be conveyed to the
Keyerend Mr. Badger for the important aid which he has given to Brigadier Coghlan in this
matter His Excellency believes that there is no officer of the Indian Service who possesses
so familiar and cultivated a knowledge of Arabic as Mr. Badger, and the services which this
knowledge and his general ability enabled him to render to the army in Persia under Sir
James Outram are well known to, and appreciated by, the Government of India.
f Government of India would be glad to receive anv suggestions from the Govern
ment of Bombay for encouraging the study of Arabic, more especially among the military
servants of Government on that side of India. It is possible that the revival of the pecuniary
he fTi 0n t i h0se wh 1 0 J attain a certificate of high proficiency in the language,
the chances of staff employ, would offer sufficient inducements for the purpose.
S vp / m - T 1D En f 1 l ah the r, address of His Highness Syed Thoweynee and His Highness
Wwifh f Tw 7 , , (j0vernor General, and conveying His Excellency's decision, are
g ZTI C f y0 n for . ransm,s ^n; copies are also enclosed. From these copies the
1 , 1 en ?l' a , ln ^ n( r ^quests that Arabic translations may be made, expressing fully
transSn 7 letterS ' ^ 0f Wbich is to be ils Arab.c
made by^" him' ® a ^ &er ^ om b a y, it will be satisfactory that the translations should be
deterge 6 hoTX r StT ral i n if7 n0iIleara to the Governor of Bombay in Conneil to
ao-ain an awent or i oh" ^ S ' n + e sen t J observing only that there is no necessity to send
again an agent or a ship specially to Zanzibar.-'
The letters to Syed Thoweynee and Syed Majid were as follows :
nnbal^ZJT TTf Prie!,d '- 1 Yonr Highness on the snbject of the
Imam of Muscat fro^nf between yourself and Your Highness's brother, the
engaged to acceot' the arbltmf 3112 '/^ the settlement of which Your Highness has
engaged to accept the arbitration of the Vtceroy and Governor General of India.
Government "of Her^Maipst 0 re ' a tions which have always subsisted between the
° 0f Her Ma J est y the and the Governments of Oman and Zanzibar, and