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'File 6/1 Foreign Interests: American Mission at Muscat' [52r] (103/210)
The record is made up of 1 file (103 folios). It was created in 27 Dec 1908-6 Jun 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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tho question of taking steps
one.
on His Highness’s
behalf
6^
a) delioate
In view of all the facts I am of opinion that an effort
should be made to effect a friendly compromise between the
Sultan and the United States Government on the lines laid down
in the penultimate paragraph of the
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.
letter but as
the negotiations with regard to this question have hitherto
been carried on by Your Excellency and the Secretary of State
of the United States it seems preferable that the suggested
verbal explanation should be made by you to him rather than
as proposed by me to the United States Ambassador in London.
I have accordingly to request Your Excellency to make to Mr.
Knox a verbal communication in the sense proposed by the India
Office and to explain to him that His Majesty’s Government are
in ktak the fullest sympathy with American Missionary enterprise
at Muscat but that feeling that Dr. Thoms in opening a dispensary
at Mutra in opposition to the Sultan’s wishes is hindering rather
than advancing that work, they have thought it right to approach
the United States Government with regard to the question.
I am etc.
(sd) Omitted.
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This file contains correspondence concerning matters related to the American Mission at Muscat including the movements and activities of its members and its desire to establish a hospital in Matrah [Muttrah].
Much of the correspondence is between officials at 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. and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. & Consulate in Muscat but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence from members of the American Mission, US diplomatic officials, the Muscat Council of Ministers and Sayyid Faysal bin Turki Al Bu Sa‘id, the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Some of the letters from Sayyid Faysal are in Arabic (with English translations).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (103 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 105; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/6/145
- Title
- 'File 6/1 Foreign Interests: American Mission at Muscat'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 15v:19v, 22r, 23r:24r, 25r:30r, 31r:40r, 41r:43r, 44v:45v, 48r:53v, 54v:62v, 63v, 64v:69v, 74r:75v, 78v:85v, 93r:104v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence