'File 13/3 Arms Traffic' [‎117r] (233/608)

Copy of a letter No. 776 dated 27th March 1910 from 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. , Bushire, to the Secretary
to the Government of India in the Foreign* Department, Simla.
(1) Telegram .No. 165 dated 18th March 1910
from 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. , Muscat, to Resident.
(2) Telegram No. 255 dated 19th March 1910
from First Assistant Resident in charge of 5
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. Bushire to 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. Muscat. {
With reference to the correspondence ending with Foreign De
partment Telegram No. S.166, dated the 12th instant, 1 have the
honour to state that I communicated 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. ,
Koweit, and ashed him to speak to Sheikh Mobarak as to the ad
visability of asking His Highness the Sultan to extradite the
Nakhoda Mahomed Salem on a charge of attempted barratry.
2. After sending the above mentioned communication and when it was
too late to cancel it, I received a telegram from the Political
t Agent, Muscat,
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5 informing me that
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5 the sale of the
dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. to Monsieur
Goguyer’s Manager had been completed. On receiving this I sent for
Haji Hejef as ne nad said nothing to me about the sale, though he
had once or twice said that his dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. was rotting at anchor and
that his agent could get no redress from either the British Consul
or the French Consul or the Sultan.
3. Haji Nejef explained that the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. had been lying in charge of
nobody for more than a month and that Syed Yusuf Zawavi and his
nephew Bwaz had frequently written pressing him to agree to the
sale as their representations to the British and French Consuls
and to the sultan had had no effect and the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. was useless to
him under such conditions. Haji Nejef added that eventually after
thinking the matter over he considered that he had better accept
the offer on the principle of the "bird in hand". Two thousand
reals, he remarked, was a good deal better than the prolonged
worry of getting possession of the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. which might in the end
prove to have deteriorated so much as to be practically useless.
4. Should the Sheikh of ivoweit agree to ask His Highness the
Sultan to extradite Nakhoda Mohamed Salem, I do not think that
the fact that the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. has been eventually sold with the consent
of