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No. 1047 (Confidential), dated Bushire } tlie 16th (received 27th) May 1907.
from—M ajor P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., 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. ,
To— sir Louis W. Dane K.C.I.E., C .S.I., Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign Department,
I have the honour to invite reference to the Memorandum on the subject
^l) Major Co* to Major Grey s letter dated 30th ^ TclilTlOOr bin FeiSa .1 S reported
November >906. ' religious tendencies, enclosed with my
(2) 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, to Resident, No. Uf-fAr Mr. r! 4. 1 <-1, c x 1
213, dated 27th April 1907. letter 1M0. 461, dated the 24th September
, 1*11 *9 0 S> to submit copies of further
correspondence which has passed between myself and the Political A^ent
Maskat, in the same connection. '
2. In view of the doubts raised by my note the Government of India will'be
glad, as I am, to find that writing after some lapse of time and with the fresh
vide correspondence ending with Maskat, No. experience in his mind of the deliberations
184, dated 15^1 pn 10,07. ^ ^ following the murder of Sheikh Sulaiman-
bin-Suwailim, Major Grey is satisfied that neither the religious beliefs of Seyyid
Taimoor nor the question of his personal relations with his father give any cause
for anxiety.
3. Referring to Lieutenant Shakespear's Memorandum of 10th November
1906, it seems evident from the terms of paragraph 6 thereof that the latter
quite realised that he was not in a position to judge of the value of the reports
which he had heard ; at the same time I think it is probable that he might wish
to qualify Major Grey's declaration as to the source from which his information
was derived as he well knew that Ali Hussein-bin-Nasir was an inveterate
gossip.
Lieutenant Shakespear, however, is now in England, and in view of the
satisfactory conclusion in regard to Seyyid Taimoor at which Major Grey has
anived, it does not seem to me that a reference to him on the point would serve
any useful purpose.
Demi-official, dated the 3cth November 1906.
F lom __MAJOR P. Z. COX, CLE., 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. ,
To— 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 Kis Britannic Majesty's Consul,
Maskat.
I enclose a Memorandum recorded by Shakespear on the subject of Seyyid
Taimoor and his friends, which he brought away from Maskat. It was his
intention to finish it and to make copies for you and me on board, but among
other distractions he had not time to make the copies and left it here as it is
on departure with Somers Cocks. I send you the original for record and shall be
glad if you will let me have your views on the subject at leisure. 1 daresay
Shakespear has received exaggerated reports, but anyone whom I meet from
Maskat now-a-days comments on Talmoor's attitude towards his fatner, and 1 is
a matter which we obviously need to watch closely, both in the Sultan s interests
and our own. Who is the Mulla from whom the boys are receiving secular
or religious instruction ? 1 was told the other day but 1 forget.
* No. 213 (Confidential), dated Maskat, the 27th April IQ 0 ?*
Frot n 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,
To—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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.
In a Memorandum attached to y 0OT ^
,905. to the address 0 f rt ; el .G^^ t nc ^ In o t g^W^aimoo^ eldest son of