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'File 8/62 IV PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES OF OMAN.' [120r] (243/282)
The record is made up of 1 file (137 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1950-25 Dec 1951. 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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NOTE RECORDED BY H. E. THE POLITICAL
RESIDENT DURING HIS VISIT TO MUSCAT.
I Xy ping my Tarewell interview with, the oultafi on
the 9th April I thanked him for the letters from Muhammad
Salimin of the A1 Lu Shamis which he had sent to me and
asked him whether he proposed to send any reply. He said
he would reply through Saiyid Ahmad bin Ibrahim. I then
reminded him that at a previous conversation he said
that it v/ould be beneath his dignity oo make any approach
to the Buraimi tribes and suggested that in caseit would
be a good thing to let them know in a roundabout way that
he would be ready to receive the Shaikhs should they come
to visit him. He promised to consider this and said that
when he was at Dhofar he had received a letter from
Shaikh Saif bin ’Amir of the Yankal asking for permission
to visit him and that he proposed to send for him and to
discuss the tribal situation with him. Saif, he told me,
was a Shaikh of the Beni Ali and was one of the only
three shaikhs in Oman who was powerful enough to order
the execution of one of his tribesmen. The other two
such Shaikhs were the Shaikh of the Beni bu Ali in
ja’alan and Sulaiman bin Himyar.
2. I also mentioned to the Sultan a document signed
by a number of Buraimi shaikhs which he had shown me
at my interview with him in the 7th April, but of which
he had not given me a copy. He said that the document
was mentioned in one of the letters from Shaiiwh £>aqr
bin Sultan of the Na'im and that was why he had not given
me a copy of it. He promised, however, to send a copy
to the Consul.
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This file relates to the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman, and also to the Imam of Oman's administration. It largely consists of copies of (and various amendments to) two reports. The first of these is an account 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. and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' (full versions found at folios 11-37 and folios 90-116, the latter of which includes an enclosed map). This account provides written summaries of the main tribes, plus tables with further details, including principal settlements, estimated population, and estimated number of rifles.
The second report is entitled 'A Note on the Imam's Administration in the interior of Oman' (ff 3-9 and ff 38-44). It includes details on the extent of the Imam's administration, a list of the tribes that currently support the Imam, and a list of walis appointed by the Imam.
The correspondence, most of which is between 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 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. , mainly concerns details from, and revisions to, 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 aforementioned account on the tribes of Muscat and Oman.
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- 1 file (137 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 139; 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 between ff 95-138, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 8/62 IV PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES OF OMAN.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:76v, 78r:94v, 95ar, 95r:98v, 99ar, 99r:99v, 100ar, 100r:107v, 109r:110v, 111ar, 111r:138v, back-i, back
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