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'File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous' [137r] (280/508)
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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Co nfidential
32 0t dated i>ushire, the I5tli (received 24th) July 1905.
From Major P. Z. Co5c, C .I .E., Officiating
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
Oult,
M. Fraser, Esq., C.I .E., Secretary to the Government of India in the
Foreign Department,
With reference to Foreign Department endorsement No. 2110-E. B , dated
3rd June 1905, I have the honour to forward copy of letter No. 329, dated Vd
July from 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.
, Maskat, reporting the circumstances in
which the certificates referred to were granted by him.
No. 329, dated the 3rd July 1905.
From— Major W. G. Grey,
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.
and His Britannic Majesty's Consul
Maskat, 3 '
To— M ajor P. Z. Cox, C .I. E., Officiating
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.
.
I have the honour to submit the report called for in your letter No. 91,
dated 18th ultimo.
2. Case (I). The Baluch Shadad bin Nasaf came to Maskat from Syria in
November last, and after explaining his circumstances to me desired to be
registered as a British subject. He was unable to prove to my satisfaction that
he had a right to be considered as such, little or no evidence beyond his own
statements were forthcoming, and as he had undoubtedly been born in Matrah
I did not consider myself justified in assuming him to be other than a subject
of the Sultan of Maskat. I therefore dismissed his application.
Two days later Shadad was sent to me by His Highness with a request that
I would give him a certificate which would entitle him to protection equal to
that enjoyed by our own subjects. I replied that I would not do this without
instructions and offered to refer the case to the Government of India. After
further discussion with His Highness during which I was informed that the man
had made all arrangements to leave on the following day, I agreed in the cir
cumstances to register him as a <c British protected person " noting specifically
on the certificate, in order to avoid possible future difficulites, that such action
had only been taken at His Highness the Sultan's request. The latter express
ed his gratitude and satisfaction.
Case (II). The document granted in this case is a non-committal one
it amounts only to a request for such good offices as His Majesty's Consul
might feel able to give.
3. As similar requests for British protection as that recorded in connection
with case (1) will probably be made by His Highness the Sultan in future, I
take this opportunity of soliciting instructions as to what action should be taken
thereon in case I have over-estimated the amount of protection which it is con
sidered desirable to afford to Maskat subjects,
4. The remarks contained in paragraph 2 of Foreign Office Circular, dated
3rd July 1893 (Treaty,) dealing with spheres of influence would appear to be
of interest in this connection.
G- C. Pres®; Simla,—No. C 4<H F. 0,-28-7-05-6o-R- S. W,
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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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