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'Muscat reforms: customs; finances and negotiations with Omanis' [76r] (156/508)
The record is made up of 1 volume (248 folios). It was created in 22 Oct 1919-15 Apr 1920. 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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Situation in Muacat ani Oman,Nov eiab«r I 49#
Su V h x fy
The moment Is a suitable one for r - iriapij ohei'^^ 1 the events
ileas ani personalities which have created the present
situation in south Eastern Arabia. The Sultan of Muscat,
Say 11 Teimur, in return for a loan granted hy G-overniLent
to pay off his debts, has practically given us a free
hand in the reform of his atminl strati on • Bl^kh Isa bin
Salih, the spokesman of the Iman's party, has met 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 expressed Ms willingness to come to
an agreement as lon^ as such an agreement does not involve
tne suzerainty of the Sultan# The Sultan again, realis^n^
the inevitable, has granted us a free hand to make the best
we can out of 1t• Sheikh Sayid bin Nasir al Kinil, next to
tne Iman the most prominent divine in Oman, is at the
«
present moment in Nizwa charsed with a negotiation to obtatu^
the restoration of certain &B.r'len8 in return for the re
lease of four prisoners of the rebel party hell by the
Sultan in Muscat. OK the success or otherwise of Sheikh
Say Id depends the possibility of future negotiations and or
firal settlement.
The historical events leading up to the practical
severance in a political sence of interior Oman from the
coastal regions controlled by the Sultan, have been ex
plained by Major Haworth in his copious notes. They are
the result of two^jaaarr underlying causes. The first, the
fact both historical and geographical, that i Arab! a ? a
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Correspondence covers debts of the Sultan of Muscat, reforms to increase revenues, and negotiations with Omani rebels. Topics include:
- Budget for 1919;
- Currency and customs;
- The desire of the Sultan [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] to abdicate;
- Terms of negotiations with tribes from the interior of Oman;
- Prohibition of coffee and the sale of liquor;
- Appointment of a wazir Minister. for the Sultan.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (248 folios)
- Arrangement
There is an index at the front of the file.
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Foliation: There are two foliation sequences. The most complete sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 248, ending on the last folio of writing.
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- IOR/R/15/1/416
- Title
- 'Muscat reforms: customs; finances and negotiations with Omanis'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:10v, 12r:232v, 233v:248v, i-r:iii-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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