'ملف 59/15 C (A 15) مسقط متنوع' [ظ‎‎٢‎٣‎٧] (٥٠٨/٤٨٣)

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Mr. Shakespear's Memorandtim.
Comments thereupon.
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(3) Aii bin Salim, Seyyid, who^
Taimoor's father-in-law and according
to popular rumour not particularly well
inclined to the present Sultan Seyyid
Feisal.
(4) Abdul-Aziz Ar-Ruwahi, the drago
man of the French Consulate.
(5) Abdullah bin Suleiman, onp of tbe
Sultan's clerks,
and
(6) Ahmad bin Bidar bin Saif.
All the above are said to have serious
ly discussed the disposal of Seyyid
Feisal and the possibility even of his
murder, after which Seyyid Taimoor
would be Sultan and will take measures
to make things unpleasant for foreign
ers.
There is not much of the Pan-Islam-
ism movement in this but rather an agi
tation and intrigue in my opinion, by
Seyyid Taimoor distinctly ultra-reli
gious (as compared to his father) atti
tude and the weakness of Seyyid Feisal.
Unfortunately I cannot judge of the
value of the information received owing
to my short acquaintance with Maskat,
but I imagine that Majors Cox and Grey
will be able to value the influence of
the persons named at its relative value.
Seyyid Yusuf, one of the Sultan's
most intimate advisers and a better
educated man than most of His Hicrh.
ness's subjects, does not, as far as I can
ascertain, support this agitation though
he may take what little part is possible
in Pan-Islamism in Maskat. He is in
telligent enough whilst deploring the
This man is rather an obstructionist,
but has no connection with the Mutaw-
was. He does not approve of too much
intimacy between Taimoor and them.
At the same time he is very anti-Eng
lish* still although I have made some Sa *J^ is the,
progress with him lately. He is inclin* to vIsiThis
ed to run in couples with Abdul-Aziz years agouti
Ar-Ruwahi. commendation.
P, Z.(
The remarks made in regard of Ali
bin Salim apply to this man, except'
that his being attached to the French
Consulate makes it impossible for me
to be friendly with him. See the last
paragraph of the enclosure to my letter
No. 184, dated 15th April 1907.
This person seems to have been
dragged into this because he is a friend
of Ali bin Salim's and also of Taimoor.
He seems quite harmless*
Son of the War Minister, and known
as Seyyid Taimoor's " VVazier." A
foolish headstrong youth who will no
doubt grow out of his follies as Tai
moor himself is doing.
That any such discussion as this has
taken place I hold to be in the highest
degree improbable. To begin with
some of the parties have never met
Sheikh 'Isa, and none of them have
seen him for years. '
No remarks are necessary here, as
my views on Pan-Islamism here are
already known.