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'File 8/64 II SULTAN'S RELATIONS WITH HIS TRIBES.' [3r] (5/104)
The record is made up of 1 file (50 folios). It was created in 16 Feb 1950-31 Dec 1950. 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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Telegram "R"
Political Muscat
Prodrome ^ahrain
Prom
To
Date sent 30 th December 1 950*
No. 179.
Confidential. Your letter No. 542/4/50 dated 19th December.
2. Under present policy it seems that vre have no alternative to
informing Shaikh Sulaiman that he must obtain the agreement of the Sultan
as well as the Imam.
3. Pt the same time I think that this Shaikh* s aim is recognition
of his independant status as much as wealth, and insistence on his approach
thrugh the Sultan and Imam may tempt him to seek agreements with Saudi
Arabia and Aramco, as indeed he appears to contemplate.
4. Hence I think that before discouraging Shaikh from direct approach,
Sultan should be fully informed and urged to take more positive action.
5. I have discussed this to some extent in my letters No. 20/8/64/50
of 27 th Ocdfeo'be® December and 7/11/767/50 of 15th October.
6. '.Vhole position including question of boundaries seems to require
detailed consideration during your next visit when Sultan is present, but
in*
in the meantime it appears essential to discover whether P.C.L. are anxious
or prepared to examine the area and develop it if suitable.
7. If they are, then, assuming His Ala.jesty’s Government are sufficiently
interested and prepared to modify policy to any extent, it ould be possible
to tell Sultan that, though we might "play the game" others might not, and
His Majesty* s Government cannot afford to risic loss of these resources by
estrangement of Shaikhs from the Sultanate, and if he does not attempt to
take early and more positive action His Majesty's Government may be
compelled to recondider their attitude. I do not think that advice alone
will move the Sultan, but, with adequate explanation, I believe he might
respond quite well to some pressure.
CHAUNCY.
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This file covers internal politics in and around the Sultanate of Muscat Oman. Much of the correspondence concerns the extent of control (or lack thereof) exercised by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in the Omani interior. Related matters of discussion include the following: the evidence for the boundaries claimed by the Sultan along the Rub al Khali, and the question of whether Buraimi [Al Buraymī] forms part of his territory; the Sultan's relations with various tribes based near the Trucial shaikhdoms and his claims of authority over them; the views of Wilfred Patrick Thesiger on the situation in the Omani interior and the risk of parts of it falling under Saudi influence; the course of action to be taken by the British authorities regarding the Sultan and the tribal shaikhs.
The file features the following principal correspondents: 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, Muscat; 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. , Bahrain; the Political Officer, Sharjah; officials of the Foreign Office.
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- 1 file (50 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front 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 52; 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.
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- 'File 8/64 II SULTAN'S RELATIONS WITH HIS TRIBES.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:51v, 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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