مجموعة ٣٠/٢٠ "مسقط: توظيف سليمان الباروني النفوسي" [و‎‎٦‎١] (١٣١/١٢٢)

3 . The records show that al Baruni is an adventurer
of the '•notorious" type who for many years both before
during and after the Great *ar was a well Known person in
the Middle £ast» Tide enclosures to Bushire Hesldency
Confidential letter Mo, 410-S of 14th August 1930, It will
be seen therefrom that al Baruni has in the past h&fl a
considerable amount of dealings with the Italians^/both
against and for them and was suspected at one time of
being one of their Secret Service Agents vide copy of
extract from S,I,S« Summary Mo, 091 of 23rd May 1922 which
formed part of the abovementioned enclosures.
The Sultan, however, informs me that al Baruni
states he is not now allowed by the Italian Government to
return to his Home in Tripoli which he is desirous of
doing and that his arrival in Muscat and his appointment
to a post under the Muscat Government was mentioned recent
ly in the Aiabio broadcast from the Italian iiadio Station
at Bari, Had he still beeen in their employ it is hardly
lively that the Italians would have thus announced his
movements.
From 1924 to 1932 al Baruni was in the On&n
being employed by the imam as his Financial Adviser, He
left the country of hie own accord. In 1934 the present
Sultan wrote to the Politi cal Agent and asked that this
individual should not be given a visa to return to Muscat,
His Highness in his talk with me about the matter said
that he had taken this action on account of an impertinent
letter he had received from al Baruni when the latter was
in the Omani he had now, he went on to say, decided to
forgive him and had sumnoned him to Muscat with a view to
giving him an appointment in the State as he considered that
xor cortcain internal administrative work, in view of the
iact that he belonged to the Ibadhl ^eot, he would be of
considerable use. The bultan said that whatever political
intrigues