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'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [124r] (258/558)
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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Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Kuscat
i7th April IQSO.
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The Civil CommiBBioner^ Baelidad
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Situation in Muscat atil Onan >
The "breakloum in the ne^otlationB at tht enl of
February owlnti to the definite refusal of the Inaa toretum
departure of the Sultan to India acQompanlod by me* At the
same time arrant orients had been male by which the Brlt^emart
waB to visit Masnaah and after that 3ur at both of wjjich
places the authority of the Sultan had been openly defied,
and at the former of which the lives and property of British
subjects had been in c^nai lerable danger, in order to show
that we were prepared in accordance with our en ^r ^enents to
sup-'Ort the authority of the Sultan on the coast.
Zamit, the person responsible for the trouble to come to the
ship and apolo££ise resulted in Ms village bein^ fired on
after due warning There i» n® doubt that he never expected
that we would carry out our threat, and also that as hie
villatse was 7500yar'ls fron tht coast he was norfectly safe.
The effect of this action was electric as I had ventured to
predict that it would be some tiine a^o. A week later j.asaud
came in to Uuscat and paid a fine of 5000 dollars and ggve
guarantees to behave in the future, to support the Sultan s
sovernnent in every way and to be responsible tliat his tribe
paid the recognised customs dues. When the waxir went to^our
on the Britomart the people of their own accord paid all
arrears of customs dues and promised to pay five per cent
for the future.
Later on the Sultan's government ordering the
Sheikhs of the Hawasnah and the Beni Amir who had been
the gardens in dispute was followed by the immediate
At Masnaah the refusal of Sheikh Masaud bin
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (270 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- Open Government Licence