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'File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous' [6v] (17/508)
The record is made up of 1 file (250 folios). It was created in 15 Jun 1903-27 May 1909. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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with the Sultan he was closeted on the mail steamer with Goguyer and
the man abovementioned, Ahmed Dheybah, and my informant believes
and I myself have no doubt.. whatever, that Mahomed Abdul Wahab
was put up to this by Ooguyer and that it is really only a be-
nai transaction, and that Goguyer is the real lender: for pur
poses of his own. The circumstances are such that if I were
to give the Sultan the slightest hint of what I knew, he would
at once know who my informant was, I therefore venture to sug
gest that as soon as possible, and if you see no objection, you
will be so good as to address a letter to His Highness or di
rect me to inform him from you something to this effect:-
" That whereas Mahomed Abdul Wahab passed up the Gulf last
" mail, a local report has reached me with regard to him
" that on his way through Muscat he visited Your Highness
" and offered you a loan of money which was accepted. That
"as Your Highness has been specifically warned that Mahomed
" Abdul Wahab is not a desirable person for Your Highness
M to have intimate relations with, I trust there is no
" truth in the information which has reached me, but in
" case there should be some foundation for it I deem it
"advisable to intimate to Your Highness that in my opinion
" you would be extremely ill-advised in entering into
" such a transaction with him or to borrow money either
" from him or through him and if anything of the sort has
" taken shape I trust to hear from the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at
" an early date that you have freed yourself from such a
" regrettable obligation,"
If before receipt of your reply I receive similar information
from bazaar sources upon which I can approach the Sultan with
out betraying my informant I shall do so, but, failing that, a
communication from you on the lines suggested would give the
desired opening.
It is almost inconceivable that the Sultan after his past and
present experiences of Goguyer, should descend to borrowing
money
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The volume contains correspondence and other papers on a range of political subjects, chiefly communicated by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat (Percy Cox until 1904; Major William Grey thereafter) to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
The file begins with correspondence related to the Sultan of Muscat's new steamship, but expands to encompass a greater range of matters of a political nature taking place in Oman. These include: debts of and loans to the Sultan of Muscat by the British Government and various individuals (f 44); a report from Cox (October 1903) of Sultan Faisal bin Turki's desire to abdicate (ff 54-56); numerous memorandums of interviews taking place in November 1903 between the Sultan, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (Charles Kemball), Muscat Agent (Cox) and the Viceroy of India (Lord Curzon) (ff 59-62, 64-67 68-73). During one interview the Sultan is bestowed the honour of Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire (G.C.I.E.) (f 65); reports on French activities, including the departure of Roger Laronce and the arrival of Beguin Billecocq as French Consul to Muscat (f 112), French naval vessels in the Gulf (ff 158-59, ff 217, 223); and German (f 176, 181) and Russian (f 173) consulates in Muscat.
Numerous papers in the second half of the file relate to the 1907 murder of Sulaiman bin Suwailim, Wali of Dhofar, and a trusted associate of Sultan Faisal bin Turki. A number of reports from Grey inform Cox (who is now Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ) of the circumstances surrounding the murder, and negotiations between Sheikh Faisal and Sheikh Isa bin Salih of the Al-Harth tribe to bring the perpetrators (believed to belong to the Siyabiyin tribe) to justice.
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- 1 file (250 folios)
- Arrangement
An index to the file is included on the inside front cover of the volume, ff 2-3. The index is arranged by subject, with page numbers referring to the volume's foliation. These page numbers become increasingly inaccurate and unreliable in relation to those subjects in the second half of volume (from f 150). Most of the subjects referred to in the index have their own cover page in the file. The items within each subject are arranged in chronological order. The arrangement of the subjects themselves are in chronological order (earliest to latest), based on the date of the first item of correspondence contained therein.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the last page with circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page. There is evidence of an earlier foliation system which uses red or blue pencil numbers in the top-left of versos and top-right of rectos. Foliation anomalies: 165A.
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- 'File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 14r, 4v:32v, 32ar:32av, 33r:84v, 86r:120v, 122r:165v, 165ar:165av, 166r:249v, back-i
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