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'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [249r] (510/558)
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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Finally Sheikh lea hinwelf whose last letter I
had torn up and refused to answer addressed me himself on
29th June. I seized the Opportunity to writ© a strong and tar^t
lengthy reply erspharising that the British government was
entirely behind the Bultan in this matter, and that I would
anything
neither meet him nor xxostd dieouss/with him till the looted
gardens had be^n first returned., 1 took th^ precaution of
allowing the contents of this letter to leak out before it was
sent.
There is little doubt that this letter dispelled
any remaining doubts that the Omanis *aay havo had.
On 2l8t July the Imam Sheikh Salim bin rashid al
Kharusi was murdered at Khadra. The immediate cause of his
murder was stated to ha*e been an insult to one of his guard.
The real reason of his death,which was confinned from many
souroes, was that the tribes were practiofilly in open revolt
against hie rule and that of his brother* s , which was a cock
-bination of utter religious bigotry combined with
shameless selfishness end oppression and a oorplete disregard c
of politicks or go vemment, all of which in addition to their
inherent disadvantages were resulting in all sorts of trying
restrictions from the Sultan's government, which they wre
powerless to resist, culminating in the penal «akat.
Oman wsji now without a leader «nd the greatest
confusion prevailed. The Walis of the late Imam were driven out
immediately by the infuriated tribesmen and had to flee for thi^
their lives. Many tribes sent tentative offers of allegiance
to the Sultan's gov rnment. Sheikh Isa begnn to collect men
in Bharkiyah, and on the other side the Sultan*s government
made a determined effort to regain their hold over Oman.
The situation was now extremely interesting,
and provided the British Government could preserve an attitude
of strict neutrality, one of two results both equally favour-
-able to a satisfactory settlement would be bound to occur.
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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'
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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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