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Confidential^
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Ho.B/ 3/ of 1930»
iroiitical Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. & H.B.M's Consulate
Recess Office at Karaclril.
September Sth, 1930.
Prom,
To,
Major T.C. Powle. C.B .S.,
Political A^ent & H.B.M's Consul # Muscat.
The Hon•ble Lt-Colonel H.V .Biscoe.
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire*
Subject;- Abdication of Sultan of Muscat.
Sir,
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I have the honour to submit this despatch in amplication of
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telegraphic correspondence ending with my telegram Ko.K/28 of
4th September 1930.
Impression of the Sultan.
2. I stayed t w o days in Dehra Dun most of w hich time ^as
spent in the company of His Highness. It ^as the first time that
I had met him. Various of my predecessors have given character
studies of His Highness, varying considerably in their estimate^
Thus to Mr. ^ingate the Sultan was incredibly weak, pompous
and idle, not really extravagant, but silly about money, a
vain and idle puppet, and - as a ruler - generally useless,
(vide Mr. Wingate's letter No.898 of 26th April 1920 to Civil
Commissioner Baghdad; Confidential note to Deputy Secretary
Foreign: undated; report of meeting between Mr. Wingate and
His Highness dated Ambala: 8th September 19i0). On the other
hand Major Murphy stated: "I have personally a very high
opinion of Saiyid Taimur's abilities and think, that under
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fairer circumstances, he would have made an admirable ruler M .
(Major Murphy^ D.0.Ko.T/40 of June 27th 1929). I incline
decidedly to Major Murphy^ opinion: probably the ten years
which have elapsed since Mi. Wingate came in contact with the
Sultan
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