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'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [10r] (28/558)
The record is made up of 1 volume (270 folios). It was created in 25 Apr 1917-26 Oct 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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Jt is not then surprising that the government of tho
Imaja is prefsrrsd hy those who live under it •
To foist the sultan upon an unwilling people will need
fores for its aoooaplishment and it will also require foroe to
maintain hl« in that position once he is fixsd there, hut it wil
he sf no avail to uss foroe alons.
The revolution, for suoh it is, is no spasaodio aovs-
-nent which hae suddenly sprung up. It is the definite policy el
50 ytars with oontinuous hletorloal sequeno^.
Jt would "be liaposailjle within the pages of this report
to give the whole history of this aoveaent sines to do so would
fill a small pamphlet hut 1 will quote euffioiently to show that
the policy has nsver wavered and that it is founded upon the
oustoae of ths country and the tenets of it's religion.
I will however preface ay reaarke hy saying that not-
•withstanding this owing to ths fact that it's tendenoy ie
retrograde and fanatical, and that it's system would not give
equal justice to all creede it would toe iapossihls to support
the rebels as rivals to the Sultan while the very demanda made h
thea show how hopeless it would he to ooneider their claias. I
would deeire merely to show that foroe applied without concilia-
I
•tlon would only reeult In «. continuance of paet hletory and
that outbreaks would continue regularly as In the paet.
the policy of the revolutionary leaders le one that
must command some eyapathy einoe ite ala ia patriotic eren if
aiataken and their deaire ia to be ruled according to the laws
of their religion and to avoid foreign influence; it ia thextem
irony of fate that the action which they take to prevent thia
laet tenda to make it the only aolution ef the difficulty.
The
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Correspondence concerning the uprising of the tribes from the interior of Oman against the Sultan of Muscat [Taymūr bin Fayṣal]. Topics discussed include:
- A survey of causes and history of rebellion of the Omani tribes under their elected Imam until 1915;
- The Ibadhi sect of the Omanis.
- Agreements between the Sultan's government and the Bani Ghafir;
- The Indian Army garrison at Muscat and Muscat Levy Corps;
- Co-operation between Indian and Muscat Customs Departments;
- British ships at Muscat including HMS Britomart and HMS Clio;
- A report on the situation and requirements at Muscat by Major Lionel Berkely Haworth, October 1917;
- A statement showing the estimated income of the Sultan of Muscat and his recurrent expenditure together with a statement of his debts, 1917;
- Proposed meeting at Sib between 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. , Muscat and the sheikhs of Oman.
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- 1 volume (270 folios)
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There is an index page at the front of the file.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the first cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. A second foliation sequence is also present between ff 4-269; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/1/436
- Title
- 'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:54v, 55v:58v, 58Ar, 58Av, 59r:61v, 65v:69v, 71r:160v, 161v:198v, 198ar:198av, 199r:260v, 261v, 263r:271v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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