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'File XXXIII/4 H. H. Saiyid Faisal's proposal to abdicate and take British Protection from Saiyid Taimur 1903.' [5r] (9/14)
The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1903-27 Oct 1923. 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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I obsorvod t * Thon the oondltions wo?ild be the same as at
Zanzibar ? • • He replied * Yes | that is what it eomes to .*
I a^ked him what he thorpht the people of Oman would have
to say to s-Toh an arrangement • He replied that he did not
thev w6?ad. be affeoted or interested at all as their
own condition worild remain practically unaltered and that
anr case he did not consider that they constituted a fao-
-tor of any difficult- I • Bat • he added , • what do yon
think abent the French t Wo-ld they be likely to object ? »
I answered that I thought they wortld liave somethin?’ to say
trrt that it was net impossible that they mip-ht be Fpt to
waive their objections •
His Iiipj^aess then went on to speak of his brother Ser^U*
—id Mahomed bin Twrki , whoa© stains and attitndo in regard
to Seyyid Taimoor had been torched npon between ns earlier
in the interview f when wo were disonssing the details of ta
thG v i°©»oy ,a visit . He observed that he did not anticipate
any difficulty with hia brother ashi/^not , tnor.gh the
cider hrotiier^|^0 any attempt to dispute the dnltanate
•ioyyid i’nrkits death and he thought that like himself heyyid
Mahomed wordd be qrite contented to live on a pension under
the new regime « He added that he wonld have a talk with him
abont it and see what he said « as a matter of fact Z am
pretty sure from previous information receive© months ago
that he mast nave arranged matters with hie brother before s
he spoke to me •
It appears to me that the situation is really as follows #
iieyyid Feisal as he frankly states ia weary of the many wor-
-rios of the difficult and artificial position in wnloh he 1
Is placed - a dnitan in name only f withont the power or mo
•noy necessary to enable him to enforce his authority as
cil * impotent to cope any longer with nis
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The file contains a letter sent by the Consul and 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. , Muscat to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in which he reports on his interview with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the latter’s proposal to abdicate in favour of his son Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal al-Bu Sa‘idi.
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- 1 file (5 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/6/51
- Title
- 'File XXXIII/4 H. H. Saiyid Faisal's proposal to abdicate and take British Protection from Saiyid Taimur 1903.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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