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'File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous' [60r] (126/508)
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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might be imposed, he would see what could be done in the ma ter.
secondly tne oiiltan asked that some mercy might be
shown to the ouri slave dealers, who were captured in 1902 by
tne Portuguese and had recently been sentenced to 25 years'
imprisonment on the west coast of Africa. Some 20 had already
died and it would De better to kill them outright than to keep
them in such detention. His Excellency pointed out the case
was one O j . slave raiding ol the worst type, and it would be
hopeless i>o .move ao present. The Sultan might however mention
it again before His Excellency's term of office expired and he
would see what could then be done. The Sultan thanked His
Excellency for his replies and accepted his advice on the
second question.
Major Cox was then asked if he wished His Excellency
to speak to the Sultan on any point. Major Cox suggested that
it would be well if the Sultan were to employ a financial
exper competent Committee to audit his accounts. His revenue
was practically provided b3r the Customs; but the Sultan was in
the habit of drawing against the receipts as/ though they were
a bank account without qny any enquiry or knowledge as to the
balance, if indeed such existed. The result was that he never
knew hi s/ income and was habitually overdrawing. His Excellen
cy pointed out to the Sultan that the step thus recommended was
riecessary in the case of every Government and particularly
necessary in the Sultan's case as lie had himself told His Ex
cellency that he did not know what his revenue was. His
; 11 a j"of' drawing ch^^lle^'"oh~ his 1 Excellency reminded the
as B^^rtnicaiywhether there was a balance jj
3 credit or not was radically unsound { Sultan that he had at
sr honest the Superintendent might be. f
^ L resisted the re
form of taking his
customs out of the hands of the farmers; and yet he would be
the first now to admit that he had profited greatly by taking
the Viceroy's advice. The same results would ensue from the
further step which the Viceroy now proposed. The Sultan said
that
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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