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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎139r] (282/616)

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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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AND THE MASKAT POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908. gg
CHAPTER VII.
ADMINISTEATION EE PORT OE THE MASKAT POLITICAL
AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. EOETHE YEAR 1907-1908.
The politico of Oman have been disturbed during the official year 1907- Oman Politics.
1908 by another murder, namely, that of Shaikh Seif-bin-Mohsin As Siayibi,
perpetrated at Bidbid by two treacherous friends of his. This murder was
undertaken to counteract in some measure the great political loss His Highness
the Sultan had sustained by the murder of his very able and powerful
supporter, Wali Suleiman-bin-Suweylim, which was fully described in last
year's Report and also because Shaikh Seif-bin-Mohsin refused to deliver up
the murderers of Wali Suleiman-bin-Suwejlim, the murder having occurred in
bis, the Siabiyin, territory.
It was proved that the Siabiyin, a Ghafiri tribe, were implicated in the
murder of Shaikh Suleiman-bin-Suweylim.
SuS-^S^o^ 0 4119 murder 0f Wali The Sultan wrote to Shaikh Seif-bin-
Mohsin ordering him to deliver up the
murderers. Shaikh Seif-bin-Mohsin. replied that the accusation against his
followers was false and declined to comply with the request. Thereupon
Shaikh Isa-bin-Sa]eh A1 Harithi offered to fight the Siabiyin, to assist His
Highness and force them to surrender the murderers. The Sultan, however,
declined the offer, it being obviously a treacherous one, as Shaikh Isa is his
hereditary enemy and he had every reason to suspect his complicity in the
murder of the Wali Suleiman-bin-Suweylim.
Shaikh Seif-bin-Mohsin, however, prepared for eventualities by building
two small forts at Nafab near Bidbid, commanding the route to the Semayil
valley.
A correspondence then ensued between Shaikh Isa-bin-Saleh and His
Highness in regard to whether Saiyid Taimur, His Highness's eldest son, should
go as an envoy to Shaikh Isa-bin-Saleh and arrange for the surrender of the
murderers of Wali Suleiman-bin-Suweylim, and at the same time make a
lasting peace between the two bouses. His Highness the Sultan acting on
the advice of 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. declined these offers as there were the
strongest grounds for suspecting treachery. Shaikh Isa-bin-Saleh would have
worked on Saiyid Taimur's religious fervour and taken advantage of his youth
and inexperience to sow seeds of discord between father and son. His High
ness finally replied that Shaikh Isa-bin-Saleh must write in letter form any
proposals he had to make to him. That closed the incident. Shaikh Isa-bin-
Saleh subsequently went to Mudhaibi and Audam where he arranged a meeting
with Shaikh Abdullah-bin-Said El Khalili of the Bani Ru^ahah, another
hereditary enemy of His Highness,
His Highness the Sultan growing tired at the policy of inaction and
__ , p o, , a •£ i.. iit i, • deceit practised by Shaikhs Seif-bin-
Murder or Shaikh fceit-bm-Mohsin. n/ri- it i • o i i • jit
Mohsm and Isa-bm-Saleh in not dehver-
ing up the murderers of Wali Suleiman-bin-Saweylira, determined to act
boldly himself and launch an astute blow againsr his opponents and enemies.
Shaikh Seif-bin-Mohsin at this time was at Bidbid. His Highness the Sultan
having secretly arranged with two old friends of Shaikh Seif-bin-Mohsin, viz.y
Said-bin-Khamis, the Wali of Bidbid, and Muhammad-bin-Salim El Hamdi,
one of his own askarees, sent them to Bidbid in order to do away with him.
Shaikh Seif-bin-Mohsin suspecting nothing entered a musjid at Bidbid with
Said-bin-Khamis and on their coming out of the door together, Muhammad-
bin-Salim El Hamdi who was lying in ambush, shot Shaikh Seif-bin-Mohsin
dead. The murderers and their followers then ran off to Semayil, where
Saiyid Nadir, the Sultan's second son, was waiting for them. No figbtinsr
occurred as the result of Shaikh Seif-bin-Mobsin's death. Sir Saiyid Faisal
rewarded the two men suitably.

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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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