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'File 6/1 Foreign Interests: American Mission at Muscat' [51r] (101/210)
The record is made up of 1 file (103 folios). It was created in 27 Dec 1908-6 Jun 1935. 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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Foreign Office to Mr. Bryce.
Foreign Office,
April 5th,1910.
Sir,
With reference to your despatch No. 211 of September 11th
last relative to the opening by the American "Arabian Mission"
of a Dispensary at Mutra, near Muscat, I transmit to Your Excel
lency herewith a copy of a letter dated February 19th from the
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.
forwarding copy of a despatch from the Government of
India showing the course of the negotiations which have lately
taken place between the Sultan and the recently appointed United
States Consul with regard to this question.
lour Excellency will perceive that the United States Govern
ment base their demand for the recognition of the dispensary
on the ground that they have always held that missionaries are
traders in the sense in which that word is employed in treaties,
while the Sultan maintains his objections to the enterprise of
Dr. Thoms at Mutra.
An examination of the sources of information at the disposal
of this office does not show that His Majesty f s Government ev^p
have ever held missionaries to be traders for treaty purposes
and it does not appear to them that they properly belong to that
category.
The objections, of the nature of which/Your Excellency is
already aware, raised by the Sultan to Dr. Thoms' undertaking
appear moreover to be reasonable and just from His Highness's
point of view and it is desirable on general grounds that His
Majesty's Government should uphold the authority of His Highness
by supporting him in the attitude which he has adopted.
At the same time, the fact that His Majesty's Government
have no grounds for official intervention in the matters makes
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This file contains correspondence concerning matters related to the American Mission at Muscat including the movements and activities of its members and its desire to establish a hospital in Matrah [Muttrah].
Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. & Consulate in Muscat but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence from members of the American Mission, US diplomatic officials, the Muscat Council of Ministers and Sayyid Faysal bin Turki Al Bu Sa‘id, the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Some of the letters from Sayyid Faysal are in Arabic (with English translations).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (103 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 105; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/6/145
- Title
- 'File 6/1 Foreign Interests: American Mission at Muscat'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 15v:19v, 22r, 23r:24r, 25r:30r, 31r:40r, 41r:43r, 44v:45v, 48r:53v, 54v:62v, 63v, 64v:69v, 74r:75v, 78v:85v, 93r:104v, 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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