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'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [250r] (512/558)
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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11
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Slither thcs Sultan 1 n government would regain their hold ©vt»r
the interior - this would settle affair® for the moment,
though it would in^vitahly lead the flultra into difficulties
later, or the Omm tribes would retain their cohesion against
Sultan in whioh latter case their leader eoulcl only hope to
oonnolidate his position «ati«factorily hy oozing t an ^greexr
m^nt yuaoving ireamediatoly the peml iWfck^t#
Xt wa» peculiarly fortunate that at thi»
critioal moment th@ British adviser to the Sultan ms on
leave in India* It was therefore poefible for the Sultan's
government in entirely Arab h r4s to act without suspicion
being rnised that we behind theia# X kept conspicuously
aloof, well knowing th^t the Ofiianis if they did not come into
the Sultan would approach m to mediate*
Oeianil ms the objective of both parties, but
Sheikh laa who l^ad aoantiao 9ecur«d the election of his
father-in-law tohoned bin Abdullah al Khalili chief of the
powerful Beni Kuw^ha tribe as the ne« lnvm t succeeded in
renchin(5 Semil 24 hours before the flultsm s men, and the txi\
tribes naturally followed him*
He immediately addressed himself to me
through Sheikh Said bin ^»ir al ^indi asking for an *&**-
. m e n t. 1 replied t >.at Mil the gardene were returned 1 would
not meet him, but that when that had been done I would
mediate. To ahow more stvotogly ccEtplete iiidlf ference J
eta tod thut 1 w» golns to Indie for a month, and with the
permission of QoYerment went.
Xven then lea'e path was by no means smooth.
The new l«f<m being a Bimwi and the fEther»in-U* of lea
raieed the suspicions of the Ghafiris. Ahmed bin Ibrahim on
behnlf of the Sultan took Ituetnq aixl would have held it but
for the sudden desertion of the Beni Ghafir tribe to tho
new Imsu
imediately the Kuataf; aituation had reset
itself
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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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