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'Muscat Rising, from April 1917 to January 1918 & resumed from April 1920 to Oct 1920' [255r] (522/558)
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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peace would obviously h* Tmmtvd if not disowned toy TJultar
Mrery argument was used t that there were ml Hi one of musleiss
to whom their tmxm mm not that thl» wa» a political not
a religious matter and eo on. All to no avail till by ohanoe
1 was able to quote to them the Hadith of the paaoe made by
at Hudaibiyah a year before the conquest of Mecca
prophet Mohomed/aExMlEXlt^ between hi® and the
people of M«eca» In the document he originally described hia*
-self * Eohomed raeul a Hah * * The people of Mecca replied
that this was absurd, if he was the prophet of God there was
no question of making peace with him or not. the prophet saw
the force of the surijument and described himself plain •♦Hohomed
bin Abdullah ^ Xhis direct apperO. to their religious history
carried the day, and the word Xma© was omitted from the body
of the doaument which siiaply tmd as conditions arranged
between the Eultan f s government and Xsa bin Jalih on behalf
had
of the OmtrS tribes. X explained to them that I tonxit no
objection to any one signing for or as an Imam al MUslimin.
the document was written and the signatures affixf
-ed an^ in the evening the Sheikhs departed for the interior
to obtain the signature of the Imam, and of the Sheikhs of tht
Benl Hiyaqa the Beni Ghafir and the Abriyin. Before th^ir
d«p$rture X took a copy of the document signed and certified
by Sheikh jpsa and took the precaution of warning him that the
penal «akat would not be lifted till thns document was return-
-fd.
The signature of the imam was obtained on the 2811
September and the document returned to me on the ?th October
signed by the remaining Sheikhs.
The Xmam also sent three letters addressed to
his three »all» in 3email, ICuawal and Kustaq, authorising
them to hand over all the gardens to the agents of the own-
-ers.
In the meantime I had obtained a similar docu-
~ment from the Sultan 1 « government.
Both parties are being given copies of
the
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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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