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Coll 20/5 'Muscat: Sur: Misbehaviour of Beni Bu Ali tribe; Aiqa customs post; Question of Air Action' [‎63r] (125/531)

The record is made up of 1 file (262 folios). It was created in 26 Nov 1931-12 Apr 1938. 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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Draft Paper
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political ■ Department.
DRAFT
(1) The Secretary,
Admiralty,
S.W. 1.
(2) The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
S.W.l.
Political Resident’s Express Letter
of 16th June, No.0. 59^1936.
Government of India’s telegram
of 26th June, No.1432,
Political Re sident’s t ele gram
of 29th June, No.497>
Government of India’s telegram
of 3rd July, No.1498*
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No. 29 11 M 1936
FROM v , I OLITIC ‘' AMD
SECUE'I L .., .. 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.
COPY SENT EY AIR MAIL
11 JULl!
of
4289 5000 12.35
ETTER.
8 JUL1936
Sir,
I am directed hy the Secretary of
State for India to refer to correspondence
noted in the margin, copies of which
were forwarded to the Foreign Office
and Admiralty under 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.
printed letters of the 29th June,
No.P.Z.4413/36, of the 29th June
No. P. Z. 4509/36, of Ji.vTy No.P. Z. 4580/36
and of the 4th July, No.P.Z.4744/36,
regarding the murder of an Indian hy a
mernher of the Shihuh Trihe.
The Marquess of Zetland agrees
with the Government of India and 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 s in taking a serious view of
this incident, and he considers that
in the circumstances an application of
force is justified, in order to maintain
the prestige of H.M. G. in the Persian
Gulf, and to uphold $ security of life
for Indian traders in those regions.
Subject, therefore, to the concurrence
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of the interest pH he would
propose to approve the Political
Resident’s proposals(see paragraph 10
of the Political Resident’s Express
Letter of the 16th June) ( with the
addition suggested in the Government of
India’s telegram of 3rd July, No.1498/
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The file contains letters, telegrams, minutes, notes, and draft correspondence relating to two incidents in Oman. The first, which the majority of the papers deal with, was the rebellious attitude of members of the Beni Bu Ali tribe, led by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah al Hamudah. The papers, which concern efforts by the British to assist the Muscat authorities in bringing the tribe to order, cover the following matters:

The second incident covered by the file is the murder of a British Indian man by a member of the Shihuh tribe in June 1936. The correspondence discusses the action that should be taken.

The principal correspondents are 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. , 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, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Foreign Office, Admiralty, Air Ministry, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 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. , Sultan Said bin Taimur, and Shaikh Ali of the Beni Bu Ali.

The file contains several reports, as follows:

A sketch map of the area around Sur can be found on folio 193.

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1 file (262 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 265; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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