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Coll 20/5 'Muscat: Sur: Misbehaviour of Beni Bu Ali tribe; Aiqa customs post; Question of Air Action' [‎224r] (447/531)

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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Bail Bu All of Aiqa presented themselves before Saiyid Said,
and, as I was afterwards informed by him, were very reason-
able, they said that they had no objection to paying Customs
or to registering their boats and that they had not previously
been asked to do these things* At the conclusion of the
meeting they promised to return next morning and resume the
discussion*
6* Haturally, we wereall very pleased at what seemed such
an eminently proper and right frame of mind on the part of the
Ban! Bu Ali*
7* On the next morning, October 27th, Saiyid Said asked me
to be present at the resumption of the meeting*
8* Accordingly, I accompanied Saiyid Said to the meeting
room, into which, after a few minutes, was ushered the dirtiest
collection of scallywags X have ever seen*
Only one man was decently dressed, and, after the
assembly had shaken hands and sat down, Saiyid Said addressed
him saying that these appeared to be a mere collection of
were
Askaris and where/the representatives of Aiqa who had been
present the evening before and had promised to c ome again in
the morning? The man who was one of the influential people
of Aiqa replied in a very insolent manner, that they were all
in Aiqa and did not propose to come*
9* Saiyid Said accordingly, and after consulting me,
ordered them to leave the room and to send for the others at
once*
10* After waiting more than an hour and a half without
result, I suggested that the Wali as representative of the
Government might be sent to bring them. The Wali accordingly
departed accompanied by fifteen or twenty of his Askaris*
11* After another wait of an hour, Saiyid Said and I left to
look
• • • *

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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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Coll 20/5 'Muscat: Sur: Misbehaviour of Beni Bu Ali tribe; Aiqa customs post; Question of Air Action' [‎224r] (447/531), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2957, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100045791026.0x000032> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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