"مُلخّص المراسلات المتعلّقة بشؤون زنزبار من ١٨٥٦ إلى ١٨٧٢." أعدّه النقيب ب. د. هندرسون، الملحق بالإدارة الخارجية" [ظ‎‎١‎٠‎٨] (١١٤/٥٦)

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Proceedings subsequent to the arbitration relating to the question of the subs '
" We can have no doubt whatever, from an attentive consideration of the minute of
Enclosure No. 5 of Political despatch No. 165 of 1861, Lord Canning of the 26th of March
Para. 5. The annual payment of 40,000 Crowns is not to and from the letter which, on t
be understood as a recognition of any dependence of Zanzi- 2nd of April following, he caliscd to
bar upon Muscat, neither is it to be considered as merely addressed to the Government of Boml
personal between Syed Thoweynee and Syed Majid; but, as on • j i. i •
a permanent arrangement, compensating the Ruler of Muscat extract Of which IS quoted in
for the abandonment of all claims upon Zanzibar, and margin, that it was that statesman's'
adjusting the inequality between the two inheritances, which tention to Create a real rio-ht in
are to be henceforward separate. q . , ^ ^ , ,, .
6. The Governor General in Council offers no opinion about Muscat to the subsidy, as vy«
the rule of succession in Zanzibar. To do so, would, he as a rea l obligation on the part of lh
rbSdf b or?bItS n be5,<> ° d th6 b0lmds of the ,luesU ° n f. 4 "' 0 of , Zanzibar to pay it. la using
• + i ii . , i'" 6 word inheritances' Lord Canning,
it seems probable to us, merely meant to indicate that the then disputant parties claimed
o succeed by inheritance; and it is expressly stated, too, that he offered no opinion whatever
on the questions of succession.
n , "^, e , ai i e f,irth er of opinion that the recent events which have occurred in Muscat
ought not to be considered as having altered the relations between the two States as far as
this subsidy is concerned. We also think that the honor and good faith of the British
reasons "whir- f a t t0 a o 6 contlnued P a yment of the subsidv, and that the political
and intensity m(iuced Lord Canning to effect the arrangement still exist in all their ioren
cannrt^WnJ!? 1 !? 111 ' ^ 11 ^ Bomba - y r Government in opinion that the revenues of India
see anv reason for 6 rpp 1 1 an ^.P oltlon ot tllis payment, and all things con'sidared we do noc
see au) icason for recommending that the present arrangement be modified or annulisd." •
0^1^'i ^ 1ed ^ ajid encouraged in withholding payment On i
26tli February 1869, Mr. Churchill sent to the Bombay Government copie«
letter 8 from Her Majesty the Queen and the Secretary of StatTforEore
biought these letters, ^ ^ that the Sultan ' S ^
affairs had^IaUerly ^
press Syed Majid to continue ,4 parent and that WOl • l •'
to the Government of India."-j/MarcA 1869, Mi. 247-52;! ^ m ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية *
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i7. GG^E^NMENT OF INDIA DESIRED TO INFORM THF Sttttatvj rrt
THE ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE VRB1TRAT AWAT^TTSULTAN TU -
the Zanzibar subsidv to tlu I tlle continued and regular pavment oi'
f, sul - )sid . v t0 the legitimate successors of Sved Saeed if fhev hod
CSf-Ji'S'SSa f n - .T—• "1»" tteSiS s
ptaa autw., arbaS ftjSK'Awagr •«* h »
the B2irG™:L m a:rwilLt 0 Sl!^ G T Said ' " inf0 ™ th « Sultan of Zanzibar that
communicated to His Hio-hness irT 1 m I r" ie , ai 1 ran ^ em J !nfc vvlllcl1 was made in 1861, at^d
have lapsed on the erpuWon o SvJ sS 8 l 6 "" of the 2nd April of that vear, to
(Syed Majid) to enterinto sueh en^L^, ^ Mu8Cat ', a " d " "i" rest with him
altered circumstances he may consider"to be advisabk'. 0 """ " 01 JIuseat 23 m the P rescnt
of Za^ibltdMntartL h'fKsh^ H 'm "T/Tf t0 im P reSS U P 0n tbe S 4^
prevail between the ruler« of the two <1' ' ' Cr ( . , aj i ) ' 3 Government that peace should
that, moreover, it will be i nc lt n t Ion vouTinf f " of SyJ Saeed,.aud
be.ng undertaken, which will cause disturbances in fhe Perln Guir' naVal T™
Excellency" GOTemUL^^ whillt 7 !^ llraftin ? definitc instructions for the guidan .r
4S ' Ve "" l ' ent ' 33 whd st I am writing some new and unexpected turn