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The Multan will send for AL &P AS S^LF fit onco 9 and tell
hin he is to neet ne in BAR&H find agree witli m ro^rding
presentc. SJ-iETKIi MUfiii AS SALF and indeed all the other
shaikhs will be allowed to £ive s» letters on the fi^nie
lines as I have already taken off the AL PU SHAUIS and
BU KHUREIBAH.
(d) The Sultan will call in UBAID BIX JUMk of the BAK2 KjUB
at the sane tine as AKMAD AS SALF aid will five hi» the
sarae instructionn •
(e) His Highness will instruct SIuJilt wAgft of the hA'IU in
on the sarao lines as also the RANI CJTTAB, R#J,UCh
aixl UiAi^ people •
The tfoner&i idea is that in 8 - 10 days time these people
neet nm in BARAIMI and settle with ^e having had the til tan* s
jarior orders to do ao.
This my all sound a bit ambitious and gives rather a
<lifferent picture to what I had conceived in BARaim where
> the Sultan’s influence appeared to be so negligible, lie has f
. , , howewr, sl'cwm me about i00 Arabic letters collected over
" i) the last 10 years or so, end many of very recant origin,
!<jUflin which all those people affirm their loyalty and obedience
Uit j think he is right in claiming that they are Ids
, LA'* ^subjects and with the usual Bedou duplicity they pmt fi
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different aspect on the question when at & safe distance
from Muscat.
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The point is, however, tint the Pultun is convinced that
thej' will obey his wishes and I must give it a try.
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I asked tlio Sultan whether he would open the flkDl JIZZI to oars
since it was the obvious route to RA?.AIi£l from the RATIt&ii and was an
infinitely better route for the Conpeny to week than those from the
TRUCIAL COaSI over the HAZAA BaUSJi or tU 1U«T ANAIJ auntie, he was, at
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first, opposed to doing so more out of pique at the course we had adopted
tl*m for any other reason I think but after srich persuasion he has seen
the wisdom of opening the WaPI and providing the Company with a short,
accessible and easy route to the interior. 1 o has promised to do every
thing he can without delay and asks that the torapary should assist him ;
I tl*:Ink he wants material rather tlian financial support as for example
ce lent to luild watch towers and gunpowder to blast the 15 yard (?) gap
wldch blocks tliO Y;ADI to motor transport. ( It ie, I understand, onl^^ a
short distance which requii'ee levelling )•
I have inf armed Mm tint I was sure the Comrxuiy would aosi^t
him and that I would refer the miter to London as soon as possible.
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I hjtve discussed the prospect a of the Company's entering the HLCF
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