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'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [97r] (204/558)
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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money for the purpose, an adrertisement in the Indian papers for a Head
master to open such a school produced not a single answer although a sum
of Rs. 140 per mensem with free quarters was offered as salary.
66. If the Education Department could supply me with two or three
Muhammadans at salaries aggregating Rs. 300 per mensem it would go far
towards supplying the officials who will be needed in the future and the lack
of whom is one of our present difficulties.
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57. Before leaving Maskat Colonel Trevor suggested that I should, when
in Simla, bring forward the idea o£ purchasing or leasing from the Sultan
the district of Gwadur on the Persian coast. In a subsequent letter he again
requested me to bring up the point.
68. The money so obtained would undoubtedly be of the greatest assist
ance both in replenishing the State finances and the Sultan's private purse,
but I would suggest delay in making such a proposition to him, if approved
of, for two reasons.
59. In the first place the Sultan's present indebtedness is a great lever
to induce him to undertake reforms without which I see no hope of him
maintaining his position, and in the second place, until those reforms are
instituted, I fear there is no reason to expect that the money would be
properly employed and that it would not be squandered by the Sultan's
brothers and favourites. Though His Highness has undoubtedly shown
reat improvement both in the work he has done and in his control of his
nances every man in this world is more or less under the influence of his
surroundings.
60. The above sketch and proposals must necessarily be somewhat
wanting in detail since they are in the main a suggestion for action and
policy. In many cases they can only be worked out in detail as circum
stances arise. I have personal confidence that they can or modifications of
them can be carried out and they provide a solution of the difficulties of
the present situation in Oman, a solution which will not involve Govern
ment in any great expense or in extensive military measures.
61. The situation is such that, notwithstanding our preoccupation in the
war, some action is forced Upon us. The longer present circumstances endure
the more difficult will the situation become. While the Sultan and more
especially his father and grandfather are responsible in the main for his present
difficulties it is the action which we took in suppressing the arms traffic
for our own benefit which combined the Sultan's enemies against him.
"We are thus to a certain extent responsible to him but by assisting him
in a way which insists on his assisting himself the object we desire will be
attained and I think that if these proposals are accepted I shall not have
to trouble the Government much further in putting matters right.
62. A copy of this letter has been sent to Sir P. Cox and to Colonel
Trevor.
P. S. —Since writing the above I have received a letter from my dragoman
saying that it is understood that the Customs Superintendent has had heavy
business losses and is unable further to finance the Sultan and tha,t it is
rumoured that the Sultan intends to ask us to take over the management of his
Customs.
Hough estimate of cost of a Force for His Highness the Sultan of Maskat,
This force will only be required at the strength given below for a period
of approximately one year, after which time it will be reduced.
I have endeavoured to keep the expenditure as near as possible to 2^
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
the total now expended by His Highness in payments to guards but for
a short period it will be necessary to exceed this amount.
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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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- 'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920'
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- 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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