"ملف ٢٨/٨ شؤون دولة مسقط: السير السيد سعيد بن تيمور - مسألة اللقب والأحرف بعد اسم السلطان: احتفالات الذكرى المئوية الثانية وموضوع الطوابع" [و‎‎٥] (٤٧٨/٩)

Thm mm MLXmn had In addition a crowd of "wicked imclea" all
older than hia f one of Mhooi 9 ;iaiyld Huoady wee Covemor of
the outlying dletricto of ^ohar 9 where he had praetioally
eet up an independent regime. The young Sultan had in fact
a tough Job on hie handa 9 and 9 helped by «e whenever I could 9 |
tackled it with considerable resolution* The firet step
which carried
h« took was to proceed to sahar in tho atate gunboat^a threo-
poundor gun and f«M*d tho Maaaat Navy, with a dataehnset of
f
tho ?‘usoBt infantry and a aot of irons which he oaid he would
place on his uncle if ho proved recalcitrant 1 It was a
bold nove and a suocossfwi one. Hamad climbed down* was aada (
' V *H of iittra, wharo he could be under the eye of the Julian* 1
end since then the "wicked uncles* have been well under
control*
4* The sultan else eet about the reorganisation of the
State finances with zeal and not a little akin . he has
quite a flair for finance* and assist d by Biscoc and ay self
brought the utate off the rocks. It is now financial}y in
a comparatively flourishing condition. The sultan is duly
grateful for this assistance and has, I think* s genuine
personal liking for me* which I certainly reciprocate* dating
ffoo the time when 1 was Political Agent at his State and
we went through some difficult times together. At the same
tl 1 ,^ tp : act t: ui t “ as explained in paragraph 8 above «. the
state for some years was unavoidably run under British
administration has made him all the more sensitive in the
matter of British control* This attitude is only to be
expected. The independence of me* 11 states is very mn»i. in
the sir these days end the Sultan naturally enough has those I'
is<w>o as w«o ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية Balers. To put the matter briefly J
he wants to run his own shew* and we will have to humour him |j
to some extent and, generally speaking, rids him on the ||
snaffle. The fact thr.t he has asked for tho revision of his
"rwaty/ ?