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'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [107r] (224/558)
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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reform is to be secured by a State Loan under British guar -
antee, secured on the Custons,which are to be managed by a
Superintendent appointed by the Sultan on our nomination. The
Saltan is now sufficiently convinced of the hopelessness of
his position to accept even the last expedient,always so
strenuously resisted by both himself and his father.
Mow I have no title to disagree with this statement
of the position and I do not do so. Major Haworth has studied
it on the spot for over a year,and I think it most probable
that his diagnosis is quite correct. The only criticism I have
to offer is that his remedy and his diagnosis are not quite
consistent. My point is that it seems hardly feasible to
combine a policy of conciliation of the rebels with the employ
ment of a force of foreigners (Baluchis),officered by Eng -
lishmen,the first employment of which is to be to strike the
rebels a shrewd blow by turning them out of the Wady Samail»
It seems to me that if the force has to go out for this purpose
the result of victory would be to harden the fanatical element
against the Sultan and his British helpers,with a possible
blood-feud if lives were lostpif, and the result of defeat would
undoubtedly be to commit us to military operations in the
interior of Oman,to which Government has always been,and is
now especially,opposed. Assuming however that the force would
not go out unless success were absolutely assured (though it
is not always easy to hold the enthusiastic commandant of a
newly raised levy) it is the position in the case of victory
that principally perturbs me. If the rebel movement were a
mere selfish struggle between the Ins and the Outs,for power
anc| money, there would of course be no difficulty ; the
Sultan
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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
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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