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'File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous' [59r] (124/508)
The record is made up of 1 file (250 folios). It was created in 15 Jun 1903-27 May 1909. 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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Privaoe interview iDetween His Excel3.ency th.e Viceroy
iand Sayad Eeisal Bin Turki, Sultan of Maskat,
^/hile at Ma skat on 19 th November 1903 His i&cellency
tlie Viceroy accorded a private interview to His Highness Sayad
Eeisal "bin Turki, Sultan of Ma skat, on "board R. I. M. S.
"Hardinge" at 1-15 P. M. after the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
Investiture. Colonel
Kemball, Resident in the Gulf, Major Cox,
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.
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Maskat, and Mr. Dane, Secretary Foreign Department were present.
His Excellency invited the Sultan to state freely and
without reserve any subjects which he desired to bring to
notice. The Sultan at first said that he did not wish to
trouble His Excellency about anything. He did not anticipate
any further trouble about Hostak. Of course he might have
again to appeal to His Excellency for assistance but he wanted
nothing at present.
After some further conversation he said that there
were two small points that he would like to mention. .First he
hoped that we^e- His Excellency would again bring to
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notice the case of his cousin ,, who was
presented to His Excellency at the interview at the Sultan's
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Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
room) and who was removed from Zanzibar for
intriguing against the present Sultan in favour of Sayad Khalid
on the death of Sayad Burghash. He load now been away from his
home for six years and his wife declined to live at Maskat •
He wished accordingly to return to Zanzibar or at any ra^e to
be allowed to go there for a few months to see his wife and
would give any guarantees that Government might ask.
His Excellency pointed out that about two years ago
he had moved in the matter but without success, ne could i^ot
now promise that the Zanzibar authorities, wno were not under k
his orders, would waive their objections. Still, on the under
standing that H ilal bin J Iaaar wished to go for purely for domes
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The volume contains correspondence and other papers on a range of political subjects, chiefly communicated by 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. at Muscat (Percy Cox until 1904; Major William Grey thereafter) to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
The file begins with correspondence related to the Sultan of Muscat's new steamship, but expands to encompass a greater range of matters of a political nature taking place in Oman. These include: debts of and loans to the Sultan of Muscat by the British Government and various individuals (f 44); a report from Cox (October 1903) of Sultan Faisal bin Turki's desire to abdicate (ff 54-56); numerous memorandums of interviews taking place in November 1903 between the Sultan, 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. (Charles Kemball), Muscat Agent (Cox) and the Viceroy of India (Lord Curzon) (ff 59-62, 64-67 68-73). During one interview the Sultan is bestowed the honour of Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire (G.C.I.E.) (f 65); reports on French activities, including the departure of Roger Laronce and the arrival of Beguin Billecocq as French Consul to Muscat (f 112), French naval vessels in the Gulf (ff 158-59, ff 217, 223); and German (f 176, 181) and Russian (f 173) consulates in Muscat.
Numerous papers in the second half of the file relate to the 1907 murder of Sulaiman bin Suwailim, Wali of Dhofar, and a trusted associate of Sultan Faisal bin Turki. A number of reports from Grey inform Cox (who is now 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. ) of the circumstances surrounding the murder, and negotiations between Sheikh Faisal and Sheikh Isa bin Salih of the Al-Harth tribe to bring the perpetrators (believed to belong to the Siyabiyin tribe) to justice.
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- 1 file (250 folios)
- Arrangement
An index to the file is included on the inside front cover of the volume, ff 2-3. The index is arranged by subject, with page numbers referring to the volume's foliation. These page numbers become increasingly inaccurate and unreliable in relation to those subjects in the second half of volume (from f 150). Most of the subjects referred to in the index have their own cover page in the file. The items within each subject are arranged in chronological order. The arrangement of the subjects themselves are in chronological order (earliest to latest), based on the date of the first item of correspondence contained therein.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the last page with circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page. There is evidence of an earlier foliation system which uses red or blue pencil numbers in the top-left of versos and top-right of rectos. Foliation anomalies: 165A.
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- 'File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 14r, 4v:32v, 32ar:32av, 33r:84v, 86r:120v, 122r:165v, 165ar:165av, 166r:249v, back-i
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