'15/3 Vol I XV - B/1 VISITORS SUSPECTS & UNDESIRABLES SULEMAN AL BARUNI AL NAFUSI & HIS RELATIVES Jan 1923 - June 1940.' [‎122r] (254/420)

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ixic records siiow tliat al or»n-s • , ^^
ax Baruni is an adventure
of the "notorious ,, tvoe whn
who for nan/ years both before
during and after the Great
•ar was a well known person in
the Middle Bast (Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location. , Tide enclosures to Bushire flesidenoy
Confidential letter Ho. 410-8 of Uth August 1930. It will
be seen therein that al Baruni has in the past ha^ a
considerable amount of dealings with the ItaliaT^
against and for them and was suspected at one time of
being one of their Secret Service Agents vide copy of
extract from S.I.S. Summary Ho. 691 of 23rd Hay 1922 which
formed part of the abovementioned enclosures.
The Sultan, however, informs me that al Baruni
states he is not now allowed by the Italian Government to
return to his Home in Tripoli which he is desirous of
doing and that his arrival in Muscat and his appointment
to a post under the Muscat Government was mentioned recent
ly in the Arabic broadcast from the Italian Radio Station
at Bari. Had he still beeen in their employ it is hardly
ii e iy tnat the Italians would have thus announced his
movements •
Prom 1924 to 1932 al Baruni was in the Oman
being employed by the Imam as his Financial Adviser. He
lei t the country of his own accord# In 1934 the present
Sultan wrote 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 ashed that this
individual should not be given a visa to return to Muscat.
His Highness in his talk with me about the matter said
that he had taken this action on account of an impertinent
letter he had received from al Baruni when the latter was
in the Oman; he had now, he went on to say, decided to
forgive him and had sumnoned him to Muscat with a view to \
giving him an appointment in the State as he considered that
for certain internal administrative work, in view of the \
fact that he belonged to the Ibadhi Sect, he would be of
considerable use. The Sultan said that whatever political
intrigues