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'File 8/20: MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RISE OF OMANIS' [50r] (99/634)
The record is made up of 1 file (316 folios). It was created in 9 May 1917-10 Oct 1920. 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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Office of the Civil Commissioner,
No * S/13 5
8/14
Baghdad, the 5th April 1919.
To
t
The Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department,
Simla.
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to my telegram No.3696
dated the 1st of April 1919, regarding Muscat affairs, and
connected correspondence.
2. Under cover of this letter are forwarded copies
of Confidential iwremos Nos. 27C,28C and 29C dated the 5th
of Marbh, 1919 from the P.A.Muscat to this Office, of my
telegram No.3146 dated the 19th Marhc to the address of
the D.P.B.in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and of his reply No.516
dated the 2nd April 1919.
3, I am in general agreement with Mr. Bill and beg
to endorse the caution which he enters against any attempt
to move too fast. It is the financial situation which de
mands action most urgently and here we are likely to
encounter the first difficulties. It is no use ascertain
ing the Sultan’s present assets and liabilities unless
we obtain from him an undertaking which so far as I know
*
he has not yet given, that he will contract no fresh debts
without the knowledge of the P.A. Further the question as
to the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
by which the Sultan’s finances are to be
ov rhauled, will, I think, inevitably give rise to dis
cussion. For the present, however, we may accept the
Cs(n
suggestion of a Commission, to be as Mr. Bill
says. It would be best if the British Government’s re
presentative on the Commission were the Customs Superin
tendent, but K.H. may demure to this, on the ground that
he would not wish anyone so deeply versed in the mysteries
of his exchequer to remain permanently in his service or
indeed in Muscat. In that event we shall fexxxx have to
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This file relates to British policy in Muscat and Oman. It contains extensive correspondence and memoranda from 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. and Consul at Muscat, mainly addressed to the Deputy 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. and the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, which discusses the rivalry between the Sultanate of Muscat and the Imamate of Oman, the history of British relations with the ruling sultans, and negotiations between the Sultan [Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the Omani tribes.
Related matters of discussion include the following: comparisons between the Sultan's rule and that of the Imam's; the question of whether British support for the current Sultan's Government should be continued, given the state of its finances and the Sultan's standing with the Omani tribes; possible reforms to the Sultan's Government, as proposed by 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. ; 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. 's meeting with Omani representative Shaikh Isa bin Salih [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥārthī]; negotiations between the Sultan and the Omanis (in which 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. acts as mediator), and the terms for a final settlement between the two parties; plans for the Sultan to impose a penal zakat on certain Omani tribes; the murder of the Imam on 21 July 1920.
Correspondents besides 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. include the following: the Deputy 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. ; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; officials of the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.
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- 1 file (316 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 foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 318; 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.
Condition: folios 274-276 are damaged and have parts of their edges missing, resulting in the loss of text.
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- 'File 8/20: MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RISE OF OMANIS'
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- front, front-i, 2r:137v, 140r:164v, 166r:177v, 179r:196v, 198r:199v, 201r:202v, 208r:245v, 247r:280v, 282r:316v, back-i, back
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