'Muscat: 1908-1928' [40v] (2/18)
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post, which is at present held bj 7- Major G. P. Murphy, Indian Army, has
* Lor. i, 472 . been maintained without interruption since its revival " after the separation
of Muscat from Zanzibar in 1801. In 1869 it was placed in strict
+ Lor. i, *88-9. subordination to 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.
in the Persian Gidf.'j* Since 18(5/
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.
has also held His Majesty’s Commission as Consul for
Muscat. Under the Muscat
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
of 1915 (see paras. 03-4
below), which replaced the Muscat
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
of 1867, the Political
Agent is the District Magistrate and Sessions Judge, and exercises his
powers subject to the jurisdiction of 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.
in the Persian
Gulf. The limits of the Order are co-extensive with the territories and
territorial waters of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
t Lor. i, 499-500,
512-3.
§ Sir D. Bmv to
Mr. Wakoly, D.O.
1956, E.A., Jilly 21
1921. P. 3588/21.
5. A'o specific reference was made to Muscat in the Report of the
Masterton-Smith Committee, and while, under the general principle embodied
in that Committee, matters of political significance on the north Arabian
littoral which may affect relations with Ibn Saud fall to be dealt with by
or in consultation with the Colonial Office, such matters rarely, if at all, arise
in Muscat, and political control may in consequence be regarded as resting,
as in the pre-war period, with the Government of India, subject to the
general control of His Majesty’s Government. Under the principles
embodied in the Masterton-Smith Report, the internal affairs of the State are
in any event the direct concern of the Government of India.
6. With the inconsiderable exception referred to below, expenditure in
Muscat is wholly borne by Indian revenues. That expenditure consists of
subsidies to the Sultan, of
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
presents, and of the cost of maintaining
the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. The subsidies consist of an annual sum of Rs. 86,400
representing the $40,000 payable by Zanzibar to Muscat under the Canning
award of 1861 (liability for this payment was assumed by His Majesty’s
Government in 18/1, and has since 1st September 1883 been wholly an
Indian charge),J and of the annual subsidy of Rs. 1
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
paid since 1912
(see paras. 12 and 22 below) in compensation for the losses to the Sultan
arising out of the suppression of the arms traffic, which will cease with the
tenuie of power b> the present Sultan. Ihese charges are fixed, and their
amount cloes ^ ^ary. In the latest year for which authoritative figures are
available (1.)1J- 0) the cost of the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
was Rs. 78,427, and in
the same year
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
presents amounted to Rs. 5,000.§ The solitary item
of expenditure shared with His Majesty’s Government is a yearly payment
in ic&peet of anti-slavery measures, the amount of which in 15126 was Rs. 73
-xcmjo lu uctooer 1913
uiuuui raisai.
6. Ihe dominating feature of the period between 1908 and 1913 i
arms LThi^Statp 1 " T*"*®*? wUh th ® Su,tau of Muscat, of th«
»» rr-:,- isr “ i KH ““
section in paras. 43 to 52 below. ' 1 lth 111 a se P aratt
The Suppression of the Arms Traffic from Muscat.
traffic tLtn^o^cfonZpersiL GulfUUo K T eraI P rC “ 0 “ of the amt
of Muscat had prohibfted in ?8q th ° save Muscat. The Sultan
ammunition to o^from Gwadur h « ‘"T* ° r ex P° rt of a ™ s and
of the Gulf. In 1898 Ili 3 n;,,i e P tnil( ?ncy on the Persian littoral
arms from Muscat to India amf Persia 'whei^t'C' to p , roh f lbit the export oi
and had empowered Persia and Great Itrlft l ‘"'P 01- *, 0 / a ™s was illegal),
enforcing this prohibitirwkhi, Mu,c t r / 0 'T ° n h,S behalf b >' s *a i >
further agreed to the search t iwUsh and 51 dl ' V V tei ' S - f 1 " 1903 be ba «
on the high seas suspected of” carrvintr arms ' ti , !l IP - S ° f Muscat vessels
Muscat, and their export excent to In ?;,' u t the import of arms intc
in 1908. P ’ Xtept to Indla au(l p ersia, were still unprohibited
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Document outlining the administration and history of Muscat from 1908-28. Covering:
- administration – Sultan of Oman succession history; treaty relations; internal administration by Council of Ministers; role 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. , Muscat; and the responsibility for expenditure;
- 1908 to 4 October 1913: Sultan Faisal – the successful suppression of arms traffic from Muscat;
- internal history of Muscat from the accession of Sultan Taimur, 4 October 1913 to 1928 – conditions for recognition of Sayid Taimur as ruler by His Majesty's Government; inefficiency of internal administration; proposals by 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. for active interference in internal affairs by the Government of India and His Majesty's Government; the programme of reform accepted by the Sultan as condition of a loan; the results of the reform and loan; negotiations with Omani tribes; financial situation and the decision to employ a British Financial Advisor;
- relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the Ibadhi Tribes of Oman – the Oman Rebellion, 1913-21;
- foreign relations of Muscat, 1908-28 – treaty relations with France; relations with the United States of America, Dutch Government, Germany, Persia, and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd];
- miscellaneous questions – the Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ; proposal for the establishment of a British Naval Base in the Musandim [Musandam] Peninsula; cession of Gwadur; oil in Muscat.
It also includes a summary, lists points referred to in connection with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee, and states the view expressed by the Government of India.
Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the 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. .
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