"ملف ١٤/١ III الامتياز النفطي في مسقط" [و‎‎٢‎٧‎٢] (٥٩٤/٥٤٨)

D.O# Ko. !5 z.
Office of the D olitical Agent
and H. E. Ms Consul^ Muscat*
Camp, Ziarat^ Baluchistan.
Dated j.5th reptemheF 10 SB (
Dear Longrigg.
Your letter Uo*P,C.27/111 of 26th August has just reached
me here having been forwarded on from Muscat.
I have written in officially to the Political Resident
regarding your Company being authorised to draw mon y from the
Muscat Treasury and trust no difficulties will arise in this
arrangement being sanctioned.
I now understand from the fultan that he would preier you
not to appoint Muhammad Kassib as your Agent in "uscat. The
chief reason reason he gives is that he has recent y found out
that the proprietor one Muhammad Khan ( son of IfcsSib ho Is
dead' , who has been absent in India for the last IB months or
so, has no intention of returning to Mus at for the present
an I therefore It would not be satisfactory he considers for
... t-hp Head Clerk who has b^en left
your work to be carried out by the Head
=~ a atter of fact a number of otner
in charge. There are. as a t.atte
■ ~ - if vou de ire tell you about later, -hy
reasons, which _ s^n - ¥ , . ,
,, 1v doeS not wish Muhammad Nassib appointed
the eultan really deep ^ ^ reaS0D give „ by him
your Agents, but I ™ ite afcrce appol „t a certain
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*' ae M , d Of th. nr. nrsonoll,
excellent suggestion, -- ^ pleasa „t man to deal
and hate always found him an,. advantage
T fea certain do you well.
with and he w ulQ - Sandlla as your
n sib'y t° fche Agency !q a
to you po-sibly ls tMt , M for.er 1 »
i-.rp of Muba iBtia
Agents in pl^e - ^ a suscati .
British subject while tr ffle3n time have made a contract
Should you by chance ^ ^ Agents there will be no
with Muhammad Nassib to a