'History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency of Bombay.' [‎100] (133/612)

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their ruler; that the altered circumstances and condition ot
those dependencies, during the last halt century, fully en
titled them to that privilege, and that they would have been
justified in resisting any attempt made by the Seyyid Thu-
vvainy, the ruler of the parent State, to coerce them into sub
mission. On these grounds, the Commission arrived at the
conclusion that the Seyyid Majid's claim to sovereignty over
Zanzibar and its dependencies was superior to any which
could be adduced in favour of the Seyyid Thuwainy. The
Government, while concurring in this conclusion, considered
the facts that the Seyyid Thuwainy was prepared to assert
his claim by force of arms, and that he relinquished his pur
pose only in deference to the British Government, as invest
ing him with a claim to compromise when contesting a title
which was principally derived from force. In seeking for a
basis of compromise, attention was naturally directed to tlio
terms on which the Seyyid Thuwainy had consented to icsign
his claims on his father's African possessions, namely, on
payment of an indemnity of 40,000 crowns per annum by
Zanzibar to Maskat. The various questions at issue having
been submitted to the Government of India, the Viceroy
declared the following as the terms ot his decision :
" 1. That his Highness the Seyyid Majid be declared ruler
of Zanzibar and the African dominions of his late Highness,
the Seyyid Said.
" 2. That the ruler of Zanzibar pay annually to the ruler
of Maskat a subsidy of 40,000 crowns. 1
" 3. That his Highness the Seyyid Majid pay to his High
ness the Seyyid Thuwainy the arrears of subsidy for two
years, or 80,000 crowns.
" This annual payment was not to be understood as a re-
1 Regard was also had, in fixing the amount of this subsidy, to the
fact that 'Oni&.n, the parent State, was burdened with an annual tribute
of 20,000 crowns to the Wahhabis, the half of which had heretofore
been remitted from the treasury of Zanzibar.