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'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [243r] (498/558)
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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The result wan that we ware reduced to the absurd
position of supporting by armed force ui*ier our treaty
obligations a ruler against whom most of his subjects were in
open rebellion, who was thooreticully iodependent and yet who
would be driven into the sea in a day if it were not for us.
the immediate causes of the 1915 rebellion were an
outbreak of religious fanaticism ooineiding with the stoppage
of the importation of arms.
Event© from Colonel Bonn's first meeting with the Cfcnan ,
Chiefs in 1915 till Major ttaworth's meetii^ with the same
in September 1919*
in January 1918 the I nam aoo ompaai od by Sheikh ^ea 'bin
Salih al ^orlthi anS xaany tsaan Sheikhs attaoked in force our
d< fenoes at •'»ait-al-FalaJ guarding Jtottrah. The attack was
banten eff with eerioue loss to the Omanie who learnt their
lea*on there once and for all. The Imam howeTer remained in
indieputable poeeeeBion of the interior a^^a^cdistant
menace to the ooaat townn which he would/have ffirbKMUfr taken
had It not been for the certainty that he would be driven out
in a few days with the adrent of a British man-of-war.
Jn May Lt-Uclonel Benn 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.
sent a cir-
-cular letter to the Oman Sheikhs asking for a conference in
which peace might be arranged between the Sultan and the
Imam. This did not meat with a Tory warm response in the
interior, but after considerable correspondence a meeting
was finally arranged and took place at Sib on the l&th
September 1916 between Colonel Benn and Sheikh "sa as the
representative of the j6 Imam's party.
This meeting was entirely abortive. In the Sultan's
Bind was the paramount i*ea that he would eventually recover
his authority in the interior, in the minds of the repre-
-sentatives of the Imamtheir unassailable position as
conquerors and their mor 1 position as Ibadhls obeying
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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