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D.O. No.C/203. Office of the Political Resident
in the- Persian Gulf,
Canp, Shiraz, the 10th August 19<±3.
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You may be interested to see the following extract
from a letter that I had from Kickinbotham when he was in
Bombay. He had been meeting the Sultan of Muscat ana his
father, and found Said bin Taimur suffering from indigestion
(owing to over-eating and under-exercising 1) and making a
round of doctors much to their advantage, rthen I met the
Sultan he had recovered from his indisposition ana was quite
well again. The extract reads as follows. "His father
(i.e. the ex-Sultan) told me yesterday that he was tired of
Bombay and intended to die in his native land, he intends
to return to Muscat in October when Said will be there from
Dhofar ana after two months to fly to Dhofar with his present
wife and as far as I could understand reside there permanently.
His present wife who is in what is described as an interesting
condition, appears to be a woman of some education speaking
' and writing Arabic, Bnglish, French and I oelieve Persian.
2. I do not know which this wife is, but hope she is
not the Japanese one as we do not want any more slant-eyed
daughters decorating Muscat. As you are aware the C.I.D.
have followed the affairs of Ad". T.F.T. al Said with great
I interest, ana his return to his native land will relieve them
of a lot of work.
Yours sincerely,
Sd. Geoffrey Prior.
weightman,Bsquire, C.I.E., I.C.S.,
Secretary to the Government of Inuia
m the External Affairs Department,
New Delhi.
D.Q. No.C/2Q4.
Camp, Shiraz, the 10th august 19^3.
Copy forwarded with compliments to
C.J. Pelly, Esquire, I.C.S.,
Political Agent,
Muscat.