مجموعة ٣٠/٢٠ "مسقط: توظيف سليمان الباروني النفوسي" [و‎‎٦‎٢] (١٣١/١٢٤)

intrigues al Bar uni may have Been concerned with in the
past he was now a broken old man of over sixty (which age
in the Sultan* s eyes is very oldl) and was thankful for a
haven in which to/ pass the remainder of his days since he
was forbidden by the Italian Government from returning to
his Home in Tripoli*
4 . It will be seen from the Sultan's letter that he
is evidently anxious not to employ al B&runi if His ^hjesty-j
Government do not desire it and he is careful to zaention
that nis worx will be confined to matters concerning the
internal administration of the State. 1 can find nothing
in the Agency records to show that this man was ever sus
pected of anti British activities and 1 certainly do not
think that he will ever become as objectionable as the
present head of the btate Courts, hasasi, a lalestine Arab
time
who for some oon aider able/pa st has not troubled to conceal
his violent antipathy to ail things British.
5. I believe the Sultan's real object in bringing
back al Baruni to his State is ^ part of an ambitous pro
ject on which I have for long suspected the Sultan has set
his hearti the expulsion of the imam and the eventual
resumption by the lots cat Government of control over the
whole of its territory.
As mentioned above this can is of the Ibadhi
Sect to which practically the whole of the inhabitants of
the Oman belong. It seems he is by way of being a holy man
and is said to have had V considerable influence for reii-
'
gous reasons over the Omanis during the period he spent
there in the employ of the Imam.
The Sultan's policy for sometime past has been
to make overtures to Shaiichs and Leaders of the Oman in
outlying parts of that district whom he has reasons to
believe