‘File XXVIII/1 Internal Politics & Relations with Oman. Narrative of Muscat Affairs 1872-1893’ [‎42v] (84/316)

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• “ Witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present declaration^ and have affixed
thereto the seals of their arms.
“Done at Paris, the 10th March 1862.
“ (Sd.)
Cowley.
“ (Sd.) Ve Thouvenal”
[Progs., Poltl. A., October 1872, Nos. 1-12.]
222 . Renewed application by Toorkee for Zanzibar subsidy —
Toorkee never failed to enquire from Colonel Ross on kis visits whether there
was any news about the Zanzibar subsidy, and on one occasion asked the Poli
tical Agent for advice as to the propriety of addressing the Viceroy and the
Governor of Bombay, on the subject of the subsidy, letters which in addition
to the usual respectful solicitations contained a request that in case his solicita
tions were not complied with the restrictions which the arbitration judgment
imposed in reference to the claims of the Ruler of Muscat on Zanzibar should be
withdrawn. Colonel Ross advised him to defer further communications on the
subject, as his^former representations were before Government. To a question
of the Sultan’s as to what decision was arrived at about Charhar, Colonel Ross
replied that he had no information. Colonel Felly approved of Colonel Ross’s
replies.
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. , Zanzibar, also transmitted a letter from Toorkee to
Syud Burgash, in which the former, for the first time, claimed the subsidv as a
thing to be paid at once on the alternative of a rupture between Zanzibar and
Muscat. The Government of India, in October, on receipt of these papers
saw no objection to Colonel Felly’s informing Toorkee with respect to Charbar
that Government could not interfere in the matter, and that he was quite at
liberty to take any measures he thought proper in respect to it.
In reporting the papers to the Secretary of State, he was apprized of the
anxiety caused to the Government of India by the continued non-receipt of
instructions on the Zanzibar subsidy question, f Proas., Poltl A Non pm
her 1872, Nos. 82-91.] l ^ ivovem-
223. Tenets of the Ibadhi sect of Oman— In October 1872 the Bom-
• 0Vei l U11 i e ^ t submitted a P a Per giving an account of the tenets of the
Ibadin sect ol Oman, translated from an Arabic manuscript work bv Colonel
Ross, 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, for which and for his preface he received the
tbe Government of India. [Progs., Poltl. A., December 1872 Nos.
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$24. Situation in Oman from September to November 1872.—
The Muscat news from September to November was as follows:
r . . R “ ss on t bo 19th September 1872 reported that the Aboothabee
Chief, Sheikh Saeed bin Khalifah, was still at Muscat, and had informed him
that he had received a letter from some Turkish authority couched in vicmo
terms, which he understood to be an invitation to recognize the Turkish
Government as the paramount authority. (The change in the policy of the
Aboothabee Chief was notified by the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Moonshee at Bahrein *on 11th
September 1872. He was previously inclined towards the Turks and commu
nicated with them, hut on hearing of their proceedings in Kateef, Gutter and
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