"الإصلاحات في مسقط: الجمارك؛ الموارد المالية، والمفاوضات مع العُـمانيين" [و‎‎٢‎٤‎٢] (٥٠٨/٤٨٨)

Telegram
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To
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Dated
Demi-QffIcial ,
Yotir demi-official telegram dated March 17th, No., 970 E.A.
I think that if Sultan of Muscat abdicates just now when we
have just smkaKkgdi established a Wazir' and are initiating reform
it would I iia think give excellent opening to Mohammadan
agitators and nationalist press to cavil and work up feeling
against us, possibly some faction in prance might take
matter up^
if
On the other hand/His Highness could be induced to return
, ^
to Muscat for a year or perhaps even less, until administration
reforms have got well under way, and^hen abdicate in favour
of his minor son, who could be given a tutor and installed
under a Regency, thi^4rrangement in my opinion would be
much better.
I think we should support the Sultan and his family; there
are so many varied toteresta^aHd"no dominating personality
that they could never be satisfactory to deal wlti? In fact
If the Sultan and his family go under, I think the whole of
*r*Ticrf^ries of petty Shaikhdoms whioh
Oman would relapse into congeries 01 p
would be very inconvenient.
Addressed Foreign Repeated Baghdad.
Trevor#
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- Political Bushire.
" p^! i P. D ^P artm6rlt ' 3ovt * 0f Simla.
Repeated Civil Commissioner Baghdad 0
- April 19th ®aSi8.1920.