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PZ 2497/1939 'Relations between Sultan of Muscat and followers of the Aga Khan in Muscat territory: Aga Khan appeals (demiofficially) for intervention of India Office' [6r] (11/46)
The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in 12 Mar 1939-1 Aug 1939. 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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Thanks for your private and personal letter
of the 21st April sending for my information copies of
recent correspondence between the Aga Khan and Symon.
The Aga Khan addressed me himself on the 7th April
telling me that he was writing to Symon and stating the
position of his followers in Muscat. He was not very
precise in his complaints and merely asked me to be
kind enough to use my Influence with the Sultan, so that
U c
he should look on the Aga Khan f s people with a friendly
//
eye. I had correspondence with the Aga Khan on the
same subject about a year ago and I then wrote to Fowle
and asked him to do what he could. Fowle reolied in
March 1938 that the Aga Khan's followers had nothing
really to complain of, but that they had made themselves
somewhat unpopular by^ruculence of their attitude
towards the Muscat authorities. Fowle had seen some of
them during a tour to Muscat and had warned them to be
more careful. I have now written again privately to
Fowle giving him the gist of the Aga Khan's complaints.
I have also suggested that he should ask Hickinbotham,
who is shortly relieving Watts as P.A., Muscat, to look
into the matter and find out what the trouble is. When
I hear from Fowle, I will reply to the Aga Khan and
will
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This file contains correspondence regarding relations between the Sultan of Muscat and followers of the Aga Khan (Sultan Muhammed Shah) in Muscat territory. In the letters, the Aga Khan requests the intervention 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. in settling the differences between the two parties. The letters are sent between the Aga Khan and various officials including individuals from 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. , the Political Agents in Muscat and Bushire, 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 Bushire [ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ], and the Government of India.
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- 1 file (21 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/287
- Title
- PZ 2497/1939 'Relations between Sultan of Muscat and followers of the Aga Khan in Muscat territory: Aga Khan appeals (demiofficially) for intervention of India Office'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 9Ar, 9v, 11r:21v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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