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‘Précis of correspondence relating to Zanzibar affairs from 1856 to 1872. Prepared by Captain P D Henderson, attached to the Foreign Department’ [101v] (42/114)
The record is made up of 1 file (55 folios). It was created in 1872. 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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I
Arbitration of Government of India-
Syed Thoweynee and Syed Majid, but as a permanent arrangement, compensating the
ruler of Muscat for the abandonment ot all claims upon Zanzibar, and adjusting the inequality
between the two inheritances, which are to be henceforward separate.
" The Governor General in Council offers no opinion about the rule of succession in
Zanzibar ; to do so would, he considers, be travelling beyond the bounds of the question sub
mitted for arbitration.
"His Excellency in Council agrees with the Bombay Government as to the guardianship
of the younger brothers, and requests that the necessary instructions may be issued to Her
Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar.
" Syed Burgash must, of course, be free to return to Zanzibar, if he pleases, and the Consul
should be directed to recommend him to the clemency of Syed Majid. But there is strong
objection to putting him under the Consul's surveillance. The Consul may very properly give him
good advice on occasion arising, and warn him that he will receive no countenance or protection
from the Consulate in the event of his behaving disloyally or turbulently ; but the English
Consul could not, with any propriety, or without risk of grave embarrassment, undertake to
watch the doings of a suspected member of the ruler's family.
"The opinion of Brigadier Coghlan and of the Bombay Government negativing the
claim of Syed Toorkee to the independent sovereignty of Sohar appears to be perfectly^ just.
The communication which it is proposed to make to that Chief will be very proper.
"The proposal to appoint a duly qualified agent to Muscat is entirely approved, and I am
directed to request that the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
will lose no time in nominatino- a duly
qualified person, if their suggestions for a new arrangement of the agencies in ArabiiT Persia
and Zanzibar are likely to be delayed.
" The Supreme Government heartily concurs in the commendation given by the Governor
in Council to Brigadiar Coghlan. It is rare to see an intricate and difficult subject so com
pletely and clearly dealt with as the one now before His Excellency in Brigadier Co^hlan's
report, and His Lordship in Council trusts that Her Majesty's Government will not omit to
mark their appreciation of this excellent officer's valuable services, past and present.
•d " t l iank l of t ^. e ^ overIlor General in Council should also be conveyed to the
Keyerend Mr. Badger for the important aid which he has given to Brigadier Coghlan in this
matter His Excellency believes that there is no officer of the Indian Service who possesses
so familiar and cultivated a knowledge of Arabic as Mr. Badger, and the services which this
knowledge and his general ability enabled him to render to the army in Persia under Sir
James Outram are well known to, and appreciated by, the Government of India.
f Government of India would be glad to receive anv suggestions from the Govern
ment of Bombay for encouraging the study of Arabic, more especially among the military
servants of Government on that side of India. It is possible that the revival of the pecuniary
he fTi 0n t i h0se wh 1 0 J attain a certificate of high proficiency in the language,
the chances of staff employ, would offer sufficient inducements for the purpose.
S vp / m - T 1D En f 1 l ah the r, address of His Highness Syed Thoweynee and His Highness
Wwifh f Tw 7 , , (j0vernor General, and conveying His Excellency's decision, are
g ZTI C f y0 n for . ransm,s ^n; copies are also enclosed. From these copies the
1 , 1 en ?l' a , ln ^ n( r ^quests that Arabic translations may be made, expressing fully
transSn 7 letterS ' ^ 0f Wbich is to be ils Arab.c
made by^" him' ® a ^ &er ^ om b a y, it will be satisfactory that the translations should be
deterge 6 hoTX r StT ral i n if7 n0iIleara to the Governor of Bombay in Conneil to
ao-ain an awent or i oh" ^ S ' n + e sen t J observing only that there is no necessity to send
again an agent or a ship specially to Zanzibar.-'
The letters to Syed Thoweynee and Syed Majid were as follows :
nnbal^ZJT TTf Prie!,d '- 1 Yonr Highness on the snbject of the
Imam of Muscat fro^nf between yourself and Your Highness's brother, the
engaged to acceot' the arbltmf 3112 '/^ the settlement of which Your Highness has
engaged to accept the arbitration of the Vtceroy and Governor General of India.
Government "of Her^Maipst 0 re ' a tions which have always subsisted between the
° 0f Her Ma J est y the and the Governments of Oman and Zanzibar, and
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The file is a précis of correspondence related to affairs at Zanzibar between the years 1856 and 1872, prepared by Captain Philip Durham Henderson of the Foreign Department in the Government of India. The contents of the précis, which includes reports from Christopher Palmer Rigby, the British Consul at Zanzibar, and Sir William Marcus Coghlan, relate to: the death in 1856 of the Sultan of Muscat Syed Saeed [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id] without a direct heir; the succession struggle between Syed Thoweynee [Thuwaynī bin Sa‘id al-Sa‘id] and Syed Majid [Sa‘id Majid bin Said al-Sa‘id]; British arbitration in the dispute; succession arrangements at Muscat and Zanzibar; the slave trade between Zanzibar and Muscat. The précis is organised into six chapters (labelled I to VI), as follows:
- I – Events preceding the arbitration by the Government of India;
- II – Arbitration of the Government of India;
- III – Proceedings subsequent to the arbitration relating to the question of subsidy;
- IV – Events at Zanzibar from the arbitration to the death of Syed Majid;
- V – Events in Zanzibar from the death of Syed Majid;
- VI – Slave Trade.
The contents page lists four appendices (labelled A to D) that are not included in this copy of the précis.
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- 1 file (55 folios)
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The correspondence contained in the précis is arranged in an approximate chronological order, with those of earliest date (1856) at the front, and those of latest date (1872) at the end. The correspondence is further arranged into six chapters labelled I to VI. Subheadings throughout the précis are numbered from 1 (for the first subheading in chapter I) to 131 (for the last subheading in chapter VI). A contents page (ff 82-84) lists the chapters, subheadings and subheading numbers. Note that a discrepancy appears between the subheading numbers and the subheading contents in chapter VI.
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 81, and terminates at f 137, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additonal foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-192; these numbers are also written in pencil but, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Pagination: The file also contains an original printed pagination sequence 1-105.
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- ‘Précis of correspondence relating to Zanzibar affairs from 1856 to 1872. Prepared by Captain P D Henderson, attached to the Foreign Department’
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- 81r:137v
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