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'File 8/20: MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RISE OF OMANIS' [‎89r] (177/634)

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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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British Consulate and Political‘Agency
i
Muscat September 24th 1919
From Major L.Haworth
Political Agant Muscat
To the acting 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.
Baghdad*
Sir
In continuations of my telegram No.8. -C late! 19th inet.
I here the honour to report that as arranged I met Shaikh
Isa Wn Salih el Harlthi at Sib on the 15th Inst.
Taking with me a guard of the 3/1at Brahmans I
travelled to Sib on the Uth in the S.T.Rose,which was
available,as it had 'een arranged that H.ll.SeBritonart
should arrive at that place on the morning of the ;5th*
H # K.3sBrltomart was unable to core and consequently
H.MeS.Bramble was detailed in her place but did not arrive
till the evening of the 15th*
I had delated my meeting with Shaikh Isa from the
14th till the Ibth by sending an envoy # a well known Onani
el Kindi
priest, Snaikh Said bin Nanir^by name, who lives at :;uta-
hadimat within the Sultans authority.
The meeting was arranged for 4 p.n. on the 15th
and as Shaikh Isa arrived before fche ii♦!! • S»Braiablo tuere was
no tiling but to go through with it. In actual fact I was gl>3
of this for I was able to have my first interview without any
apparent show of force and thus to get on friendly terms
bef re the arrival of the war ship,which at the same time
would have been in time had there been any unpleasantness.
I was,however, personally in no fear of anything of the kind
and had only asked for a ship of war in order to satisfy
the natural feeling of Government on the subject.

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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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