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File 4684/1913 'Pt 1 Muscat rebellion' [4r] (16/332)
The record is made up of 1 volume (162 folios). It was created in 1913-1914. 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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India Oitice, London,
13th February 1914.
Secret,
No. 6.
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor
General of India in Council.
In continuation of ray telegram dated the 17th January 1914, authorising
Muscat.Renewal of Sultan's tlle rellewal of the subsidies payable to
subsidies. Views of Foreign Office the Sultan of Muscat, I enclose for
on question of establishment of a the consideration of Your Excellency’s
Government.
2. As will he seen, the Foreign Office has no objection, from an inter
national point of view, to the creation of a Levy Corps on the basis proposed
by the Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
in his telegram No. 15 M, of the
14th October 1913, provided that the Corps is nominally a Muscat force, and
that the officers by whom it is commanded, whether British or Indian, are
nominally in the Sultan’s service.
3. I understand that the primary object of the proposed Levy Corps is to
enable you to withdraw the Indian troops at present garrisoning the towns of
Muscat and Muttreh, and to place at the nominal disposition of the Sultan a
locally raised force sufficient to assert his authority, defend his capital against
rebellious tribesmen, and furnish a reserve from which detachments may be
drawn to garrison such of His Highness’s inland forts as he may hereafter
recover. The relief to your revenues would be substantial, even if a part of
the cost of the corps were borne by you, and for this reason the scheme is
attractive. But unless it is carefully handled it is not free from risk. If the
corps should be imposed upon the Sultan against his will, and he neither
takes part in its work nor accepts responsibility for it, he will lose repute and
authority with the tribal chiefs, and will not be likely to re-establish satis
factory
An East India Company trading post.
relations with them. His consent and goodwill are therefore essential.
Again, unless the territorial limits within which the force may operate as a
corps are strictly defined, it may be tempted to embark upon hazardous
adventures and may suffer a reverse that might entail the despatch of a regular
force from India. The corps should be under the same restrictions against
taking the offensive against the enemy in the interior as have been placed
upon the Indian garrison.
My Loud,
Levy Corps.
with the Foreign Office dealing
with the questions (1) of the creation of a
Levy Corps at Muscat, and (2) ofemtann
^ erlalarign’oin the Sultan not
Government copy of correspondence*
* To Foreign Office, No. P. 5152, dated
31st December 1913.
From ditto, No. 83, 23rd January t 0 conclude fresh treaties with Foreign
.4. . . . . ,
Powers without the assent of His Majesty’s
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Papers regarding the 1913 uprising of the Ibāḍī imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman under the leadership of Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī, against the authority of the Sultans of Muscat and Oman, Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd and Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd.
The volume consists of Muscat News reports submitted 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. at Muscat, plus correspondence between 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 historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department. There are also translated copies of communications received from Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī,and Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd.
The correspondence and reports provide details of the following: the progress of the uprising; the intervention of Indian troops and British ships; the bombardment of rebel positions at Barka [Barkā] and Kuriyat; negotiations between the Imam and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; support for the uprising outside of Oman; proposals for the establishment of a levy corps at Muscat; and the Sultan's attempts to raise money, enlist foreign aid, and purchase weaponry.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 volume (162 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 4684 (Muscat Rebellion) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/425-427, with part 1 comprising the first volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume.
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 160; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 50-160; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
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- Title
- File 4684/1913 'Pt 1 Muscat rebellion'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:6v, 9r:20v, 21v, 23r:33v, 35r:74v, 76r:157v, 159v:160v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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