"مُلخّص المراسلات المتعلّقة بشؤون زنزبار من ١٨٥٦ إلى ١٨٧٢." أعدّه النقيب ب. د. هندرسون، الملحق بالإدارة الخارجية" [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٠] (١١٤/٦٠)

Proceedings subsequent to the arbitration relating to the question of the subsidy.
the continued and regular payment of the subsidy to the legitimate successors of Syed Saeed,
if they had maintained their supremacy, it is not incumbent upon them to interfere any
longer, now that the succession has been intenupted by a revolution which has placed the
authority in the hands of a member of another family. 1 Now that the Govrenment of
Muscat is re-established in the hands of a member of the old dynasty, we consider that the
• Vide paragraph 48. argaments by which, in a series of despatches, and more
especially in that of February 22nd, 1870, No. J7,* we uro-ed
the obligation of the British Government, on the grounds of good faith and the requirements
of good policy, to maintain the arrangement negociated by Lord Canning in 1861 as an
agreement of a permanent character between State and State, have acquired additional force,
t Vide paragraph 58. We ,iave aske(1 the Bombay Government to inform us in what
precise terms f Mr. Churchill may have intimated to the
late bultan of Zanzibar the cessation of the obligations to pav the subsidy to Muscat. But
with reference to the views which we have from time to time laid before your Grace on this
su ject, we earnestly hope that it may not be too late to secure the continuance of a payment
to which we believe that our good faith is pledged, and which we consider to be of vital im
portance to the establishment of a strong government in Oman/'
, , Jn « despatch N o. 35, dated 23rd June 1871, and again by telegram
dated 11th August, the Government of India pressed for an early replv as
regards the subsidy question.
i xx 5 a* ■^ FLATI0NS between Zanzibar and Muscat endangered —In his
letter No. 5 A, dated 1st June 1871, Dr. Kirk, the Political Agent, Zanzibar, des
cribing the reception given by Syed Burgash to Admiral Cockburn, wrote—
V u " HlS i- ^. , ? h " es ? is ' hwever, himself aware of his situation, and I know that the Question
ot his prohahle relatrons with his brother at Muscat has been latelv the subject of many serious
discuss.ons, in consequence of what has been reported by the Native Agent of Messrs'. Jairam
r. i as ' 0 "J 13 '. le sa - v6 was t " ld b™ respectinff the policy of the Government by the
Bombay Secretariat. In this Native Agent's report, addressed to Ludha Damiee ii was
Stated that Syed Toorkee would be allowed to claim the subsidy with arrears for two years
back. \\ hcther such a report is correct or not, it has been treated by Syed Bursas!, as "if it
were well founded, and I am told he will pay at first with a seemin/good will the subsidy if
teTowed 10° "tackTa^bar!" 34 " 6 gr0UIld ^ ^ might Wlth show of ^ '
In transmitting this letter to the Secretary of State, it was observed hv tho
Government of India (despatch No. 50, dated 7th Scptemtel 1871)- 7
"We would add this consideration to the manv other« tn whiVK ^ k ^
dated 23rd May 1871 (No. 985P), had requested the Bombay GoCnmenUo
ascertain, if possible, the exact terms in whiob Mr i ' '-""' "'""ent to
to Syed Majid the intimation whirh^s dkected to ^
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the effectThat he lnd^ GoTer/
ment would probably announce the termination nf ti.^ „ ^nuian uovern-
;™r J - »•
transmitted to the Government of Bombay. In that letter T toil . 7 a eopy W as
period I should ^eiue ,.0.0, ^Z^S&StSS.'SS
Yukparagraph 60. 1861 en "T me,lto eJ,Sti,l ff uudet 'he arbitration of
I am glad to say that I never for a moment lost sicrbf nP +v. ^ ^
that I waste receive this intimation, but 1 did invite % Sultan,