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'Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar' [‎36v] (22/24)

The record is made up of 12 folios. It was created in 15-20 Jul 1868. 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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“ As for remonstrance with the Arabs, I need
hardly remind you that it will he effective in exact
proportion to their estimate of our power and in
tention to use it in enforcing our remonstrances.
“ In acting as he did at Soor and Khatiff, Colonel
Pelly, I believe, did exactly what his predecessors
had been in the habit of doing under similar circum
stances. We have sent you copies, I believe, of
every letter we sent him. The position is one in
which a very large discretion must always, I think,
be entrusted to 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. , and when it is
impossible to refer for orders, he acts for the best;
great allowances should, I think, be made for him’
even if all does not turn out as he expected.
“ I hope soon to submit a scheme for the mari
time police of the Gulf, but I wish, in doing so, to
send you a complete statement of our present
maiine, which will take some time to prepare.
“ Believe me, &c.,
“ H. B. E. Frere.”
I 3 * S* I have just received a cypher telegram
trom Colonel Pelly, in which he says that he has
gained a key to the allusion in one of the Wahabee
letters to a religious war. ‘ Aboo Esau, who con-
^ ducted Pal grave through Arabia, stated’ (to the
c /i) i )eGS ^ ere was as agreement that he
c 7 algrave ?) should return and avail themselves of
£ the discontent and other circumstances in the Wa-
‘ habee country, revolutionize it, and afterwards
convert the people.’ We must remember that
tins occurred when Palgrave was travelling under
orders from Rome or Paris, and it shows that we
do not escape the most serious misunderstanding by
mereJy retiring within our own shell, and avoiding
omcial intercourse with these people.”
12th 1866 relates to the app^ZTof a British
n^atd Mr at R ^ Bo, !', ba >' Government had
attached to the ResScy to” b^Cm? , P0tl : eCar y
JvinSm "r 6114 l° f India ’ With0ut a ^!ng foTor
the appointment X ^ ana * ,0n ’ tele S ra P hed disallow
Mul't/wf understood"^ you* ta/To
thither a safe discreet ^ o anted to sen d
»i» ...um
sidar Agent, receive and transmif f "
tions with the ruler, and not di^matizr" 1 '""''" 3 '
Mr. Rozario" S the PoruTcuese 3 " 11 ^ S “ Ch a man in
long been charge of the Residencythere^’ He'! b "' 1
the place and its people well wa/r t ^ '/ k “ ew

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Printed memorandum, written by Henry Bartle Frere, member of the Council of India, London, between 15 and 20 July 1868. The document broadly discusses British imperial policy in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , East Africa, and Western India. Its specific foci include the Zanzibar subsidy (payable to Muscat), Persia's desire for a naval presence in the Gulf, the suppression of piracy, the preferred nationality of the Agent at Muscat, and the protection of British subjects trading in the region. The memorandum contains proposals for change in the way the region is administered.

Several postscripts consist of extensive extracts from correspondence between Frere and John Lawrence, Viceroy of India, between 23 March 1866 and 12 June 1866. Included within this is a table of trade statistics entitled: Statement showing the Value of Trade between the Port of Bombay and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (including Muscat), during the last five years, viz., from 1860-61 to 1864-65, as compared with the Trade twenty years ago, in 1844-45 , signed by A F Bellasis, Commissioner of Customs, Bombay, 27 March 1866.

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12 folios
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Foliation: ff 26-37.

Pagination: there is an original, printed pagination system, from 1 to 24.

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English in Latin script
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