"ثورة مسقط، في الفترة من أبريل ١٩١٧ إلى يناير ١٩١٨، واستُأنفت في الفترة من أبريل ١٩٢٠ إلى أكتوبر ١٩٢٠" [و‎‎٨‎٢] (٥٥٨/١٧٤)

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condition of the Sultan's fInaneoa»
iHs rocont attempts have cost him more than he can
afford while the blockade which has resulted from them has
prevented the arrival of anything in his Customs Houses ♦Thus
the Cuctoms which represent his Treasury are empty and he is
seriously in need of money with which to carry on.
This situation should be only temporary since
His Highness not/ recosnises th futility of such enterprises
as those in which he has been engaged* It is howver urgently
necessary that he should put his house in order. This also he
now admits and he is engaged in discussing with me measures
which are necessasy to improve Ms administration.
He states that he is fully prepared to follow our
advice in the matter and should he persist in this laudable
intention his present difficulties will prove a blessing in
disguise both for himself and his subjects.
I should add that Shaikh Isa in his letter refers
to the consent of the Imam to his meeting me which suggests
that he is once more on good terms with his nominal leader or
that the latter^ success has had an effect.
I have the honour to be
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your most obedient servant.
<Z~lJ ,
Major
Political Agent Huscat,
No. of 1917
A copy of the above letter is forwarded to the Chief Political
Officer Baghdad for information. A copy has been sent to the
G-overnment of India direct.
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H. 9.
Major
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