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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎84v] (173/616)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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58
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULP
and finally the Shaikh of the Shu'aibiyin handed it over to His Highness who has
garrisoned it with his own troops. This arrangement appears to be a satisfactory
one ; it tends to increase His Highness's authority in the neighbourhood, and may
assist in the maintenance of peace.
The intrigues of the rebel Shaikh Isa bin Saleh al Harithi and his friends
,,. ,. J have been much in evidence during the vmt
Shaikh Isa bin Saleh Al Harithi and his friends. Attempts have ^
by them to cajole Saiyid Taimur, the eldest son of the Sultan, by working upon
his youthful religious feelings and urging him to a stricter following of the Moslem
creed than that adopted by his father. The object of these manoeuvres was to ob
tain access to the Sultan himself by means of influence over his son, or, failing
that, to sow distrust or even enmity between the prince and his father. At one
time it seemed possible that their schemes would be to some extent successful,
namely, when, early in November, Shaikh Ali, brother of Shaikh Isa, who had been
brought to Eiyam, a few miles from Maskat, for the purpose of interviewing His
Highness, was refused entrance to Maskat itself, to the disappointment of Saiyid
Taimur, who had become convinced not only that the feelings of the Harithis to
wards the ruling house had undergone a radical change, but that his views regarding
them were shared by his father.
Not long after this however the calamity above referred to took place, and
any doubt which might have existed re-
Murder of the W £tli • SulauiiEtn bin Suwctilini. .-i •. i?ci"L*iiT -ii
mur r gardmg the enmity of Shaikh Isa and his
party was effectually removed. It will be remembered that in September 1903
Said bin Ibrahim (who has already been mentioned in connection with Hazam)
was appointed Governor of Eustaq by Shaikh Isa, and it is natural that His High
ness has since been desirous either to bring Said under his control or to compel
him to resign his position in favour of a nominee of his own. All efforts in the for
mer direction having failed, His Highness, in accordance with a suggestion made to
him by his enemies through a friend, determined to avail himself of the compara
tive freedom of Oman from internal disturbances by forming an expedition against
Eustaq, with the intention of coercing his brother-in-law into submission to his
rule. With the object of obtaining an assurance from the Harithis that they would
not oppose this plan, Wali Sulaiman bin Suwailim w T as despatched to Qabil in the
Shar-qiyah at the end of January to interview Shaikh 'Isa. He was received with
every sign of rejoicing, feasts were given and a salute was fired in his honour, and
after four days' stay during which the Eustaq question had been disposed of
according to the Sultan's wishes, he set out, in company with an escort com
posed mainly of Shaikhs of the Harith and other Hinavi tribes, to return to
Maskat and announce to His Highness the success of his mission.
At about midday on February 5th, as the party were passing through the
defile known as Al'Aqq which separates Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samayil from the Sharqiyah, the Wali
Sulaiman, who with his one servant had become separated temporarily from his
escort, was struck by two shots fired from a cliff on the left bank and killed on the
spot. His servant on going to his assistance was wounded by a third shot fired
immediately afterwards and died of his wound the same evening. The bodies were
roughly interred without any ceremony or funeral service, and the escort, having
despatched a brief note to the Sultan at Maskat informing him of what had occurred,
continued its journey to Samayil. This note arrived in Maskat on the morning
of February 7th, and His Highness was naturally very much distressed at the news
it contained. Eealising that the late hosts of the deceased Wali were open to grave
suspicion of having been privy to his murder, and having received no information
regarding their present intentions, he at once took steps to protect the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Samayil from invasion in the event of a rising against him; and to this end
despatched 200 men under his sons Taimur and Nadir with instructions to hold the
fort of Bidbid and to communicate to him without delay any information they
might receive which would enable him to come to a conclusion regarding the per
petrators of the crime.
The pass of Al'Aqq is in the country of the Siyabiyin, a Ghafiri tribe, and it
was not long before they were accused of the murder ; the explanation being that
certain Siyabis who were in charge of a caravan conveying supplies to the Bani
Eiyam during their rebellion last year had killed the Wali Sulaiman in revenge
for his capture of their caravan on that occasion. The Sultan requested Shaikh

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The volume contains Administration Report on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); Administration Report on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. and Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).

The Reports contain reviews by 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. and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative regions that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.

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1 volume (304 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of each Report.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 40, 261.

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