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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [‎37] (52/148)

The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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Arabia] THE SULTAN OF MUSCAT 37
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not satisfy, the requirement of the Ibadhis (an offshoot
sect of the Kharijites) that the political Lord Para
mount should be also a spiritual chief or Imam; and
that, since the latter must be a man of exceptional reli
gious competence, he cannot be born but must be elected
to his position. The Ibadhi sectaries constitute the
majority of the Oman population, and hold the
southern districts, which are the more populous and
wealthy, to the almost complete exclusion of other
creeds. The northern districts are preponderantly
orthodox Sunni, though of a dour " literalist "
colour which has inclined certain elements of the
population to accept Wahabism; but there are also
Ibadhis among them.
At first, in 1741, all Oman went with the founder
of the A1 Bu Said dynasty, in order to secure the
expulsion of the hated Persians and their proteges the
Ya'rabi Imams; but hardly had the immediate
end been achieved than the religious divergence, de
scribed above, broke out into a civil conflict, which
roughly, though not exactly, followed the dividing lines
between Ibadhis and the rest, and between south
and north, but was based primarily on descent. The
one part was known as the Hinawie, claiming to be
aboriginal settlers from the Yemen and Kahtan, and
professing the Yemenite desire for Imamic govern
ment; the other part, the Ghafirie, comprehended the
Arab tribes of later immigration, known as the Nasiri
or Adnani, who are indifferent to Imams, except the
Sunni Caliphate, and will conform to non-spiritual
powers. These two parties exist at this day in full
activity. The contempt of the former for the actual
Seyyid of Muscat has been reinforced by the spectacle
of successive Seyyids (to whom the Ibadhis have
always denied the title " Imam "), falling more and
more completely into commerce with and dependence
on foreigners and Christians; and they have set up an
Ibadhi Imam, whose authority is acknowledged
throughout the hinterland of Muscat and Matra,
including Rostak, and in all th,e south country except a

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This volume contains information on the geography, political history and economic conditions of Arabia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in April 1919.

It is divided into four sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'; 'Political History'; 'Political Conditions' and 'Economic Conditions'. There is an Appendix, containing tables regarding trade in Aden, Muscat and Bahrein, 1909-1917.

There is a map 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabia', compiled by the War Office on June 1914.

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1 volume (69 folios)
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the map on a sleeve on the inside back cover, on number 70.

Pagination: There is also an original pagination, iv-vi, 2-127.

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