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'File 8/62 Muscat State Affairs: Principal Shaikhs and Tribes of Oman' [26r] (51/296)
The record is made up of 1 file (146 folios). It was created in 24 Oct 1938-6 Dec 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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large aango and other fruit trees also. We spent one night
at Sue&il in the guest house of the Wall. He ms most hospi
table and friendly, and sent me a lank for dinner. This ms
a great treat, especially for dwellers in Muscat where the only
seat killed, except on rare occasions, is one goat a day. Re
told me that the lack of rain in the last few years had resulted
in a diminitlon in the number and size of the flocks due to the
lack of grazing. This my be so, and It la quite true that
there are very fee flocks to be seen. With the next breath,
> however, he complained the excess of rain last susmer had ruined
the date crop. To point out that the rain would eventually re
sult in an addition to the water supply by reviving the springs
ms a too long-term policy to be received with favour. The rain
does not really spoil the date crop, but the drying of the dates.
In Oman there is a kind of date which they gather just before it
Is ripe, and boil in large earthenware pots. They then spread
the boiled dates on the river bed to dry. If it rains during
the drying period considerable loss is sustained.
7. At Sunail numbers of Sheikhs and the leading Qasl visited
me in the guest house garden where 1 sat under the large mango ,
trees. They talked a little of the war, but did net ebc*Hj*re*' , ~
/ Interest in it beyond Its effect upon themselves. They asked
me if the 'control system' were an invention of the British Gov
ernment, and if I thought that It was necessary. They said that
it caused great hardahip to themselves as it resulted in their
being short of doth and grain. I replied saying that certainly
in war time it was absolutely necessary to control supplies.
When we were warming to the conversation the wall suddenly asked
to be allowed to leave for a few minutes. Whereupon he and his
greybeards went away and held a confabulation just out of earshot
behind the guest house They came back after what seemed an In
terminable time, for it ms nearly 11 6 'doek at night and 1 had
been riding all day, and turned to the weather as a subject of
conversation. I suppose their native caution had overcome them.
8 . The Small fort is a large stone building perched on a rock
some 100 fast high in the middle of the valley where it broadens
out a little. There is a small basaar there where stinking fish
!•/-
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This file concerns relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the shaikhs of the Omani tribes. Much of the correspondence discusses the Sultan's ambition to secure the allegiance of the Omani shaikhs and consolidate his authority in the interior of Oman. The correspondence recounts meetings between British representatives and the Sultan, in which the Sultan discusses his intentions to assert control in the Omani interior once the Imam of Oman has died, and requests British assistance in order to do so.
In addition, the file contains extensive discussion regarding British policy in relation to the internal affairs of Oman. Matters covered include whether the Sultan should be supplied with arms, ammunition, and RAF assistance, and whether the British should approach the Omani tribes directly, in order to smooth the way for oil exploitation in the interior. Also covered are exchanges of correspondence and meetings between certain Omani shaikhs and the British representatives at Muscat.
As well as correspondence, the file contains compiled notes on the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman (ff 5-9), and notes on the tribes of Buraimi and Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (ff 118-135, including details of tribes beyond the limits of Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and within the limits of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman), the latter being described by 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. as 'scanty'.
The Arabic language material consists of several items of correspondence, of which English translations are included.
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- 1 file (146 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 148; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-106; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- 'File 8/62 Muscat State Affairs: Principal Shaikhs and Tribes of Oman'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 5r:9v, 11r:15v, 17r:20v, 23r:30v, 34r:55v, 57r:112v, 114r:147v, 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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