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'File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous' [148r] (302/508)
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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To
No. 182 of 1905.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
POUEIGN DEPARTMENT.
SECRET.
External.
T he R ight H on'ble S t . JOHN BRODRICK,
Bis Majesty's Secretary of State for India,
S imla, the Uth September 1905,
S ir,
We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Secret despatch
No. 13 of 5th May 1905, relative to an application made to His Majesty's
Consul at Aleppo by two supposed natives of Maskat for registration.
2. In reply, we transmit copies of correspondence with the
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.
and with 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 Maskat, which explain the
circumstances in which the documents referred to were granted. The document
issued hy His Majesty's Consul in regard to Hai Mahmed-bin-Ahmed was
merely a recommendation for good offices, and expressly says that he is an
Omani subject. Major Grey's action therefore in this case does not seem to
call for any remarks. As regards Shadad-bin-Nusaf, there seems no doubt that
Major Grey's action was irregular, in view of the fact that that individual,
being a subject of the Sultan of Maskat, clearly failed to satisfy the conditions
necessary to entitle him to be certified as a British-protected person.
3. In answer to Major Grey's request for instructions, we propose to inform
him through the
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.
(1) that he should on
no account give a certificate of registration to any person who cannot prove
British nationality or the status of a subject to a Ruler under British
protection, his conduct in cases of the latter kind to be regulated by the
principles laid down in your despatches Nos. 55 (Political) of 23rd June 1905
and 67 (Political) of 30th June 1905; (2) that such personal requests as
Major Grey refers to as being made by the Sultan {e.g., in the case of
Shadad-bin-Nusaf) should be met by the grant of letters of recommend
ation, due care being taken to grant even these with discrimination and for
thoroughly good reasons only. In order that there may be no mistake as to
their purport and intention, the letters of recommendation should be issued
in such a form as cannot be mistaken for a certificate of any sort, ^preferably
in the form of a letter addressed to one or more of His Majesty s Consular
officers.
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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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