"١٥/٣ المجلد I XV - ١/ب الزائرون المشتبه بهم وغير المرغوب بهم سليمان الباروني النفوسي وأقاربه يناير ١٩٢٣ - يونيو ١٩٤٠." [و‎‎٢] (٤٢٠/١٤)

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CONFIiXtiTIAL
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From
To
Major M* E. Hae, I.A.,
political Agent & H. M f 3 Consul, Muscat
TY)e Hon’^le tfre Political Resident
In tl» Persian Gulf, B u a h i r e.
British Agency & Consulate,
Muscat, the 25th January 1923.
Sulaiman al Baruni al Nafusi.
Sir,
I have the honour to say that His Highness the
Sultan has asked me to arrange for facilities for one
Sulaiman al Baruni to come to Muscat should he so desire.
Tie has done so at the man’s own request. I think he only
wishes to he able to write to Sulaiman al Baruni that he
has made this request and that I am addressing my govern -
ment about it. I have told him I am doing so. I attach
translations of Sulaiman’s letters to the Sultan. I gather
from them that his chief object is net to come to Muscat
but to collect documents likely to increase his importance.
Al Baruni indicates the man’s tribe. Al Nafusi indicates
his place of origin which I am told is Nafusah in Tunis.
What his actual rationality is I do not know. He seems to
claim three nationalities Turkish, French and Italian.
He has never been to Muscat but corresponded with His
Highness Saiyid Faisal and has corresponded with the
present Sultan and with others. Like them he is an Ibadhi
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