"ملف ١٠/XXVIII تقرير عن الأوضاع الحالية في مسقط وتعاملات الولاية مع القبائل التابعة لها اسميًا." [و‎‎٢‎٤] (١١٨/٤٧)

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71. In an undated nete submitted te the Ferelgn decretory
Ur. wlngate adds i-
M If oaiyxd Taimur sneuxd net be allewed te abdicate
he will still endeaveur te ecade his respensibilities as
regards actual persenal rule, will reside as little as pessible
in Unseat, and will leaYe all weric and administratien in the
t
hands ef his ministers relying en us te iceep them in erder and
te advise them. He hankers after the jeys ef civlllsatlen as
represented in India, leathes his ewn oeuntry and is determined
te be as idle as pessible. tt
72. ousting again frem his letter 89B dated 28th April
1920. “ The bultan has ene sen. baiyid saeed, abeut ten years
eld. He has many bretners, tne meet netable ef wnem are aalyid
Hadir, half a negre, and baiyid Hamad, a freemasen with a
tendency te beceming Xurepeanised. ( HOTE. Vide his dealings
with the bheiich s abeve.) The rest ef his many uncles and
ceuslns and nephews are quite impassible and may be ruled eut. j*
Eer baiyid 8 aeed, previded he is decently educated in India,
net in England, there are pessibilities. balyld Nadir is an
intriguer and is rightly despised and detested, baiyid Hamad
is shewing signs ef beceming a useful member ef seciety. He is
by character, hewever, quite unsuitad te the first place in the
State. N
73 . I am ef epinien that, under present cenditiens,
neither the bultan ner any member ef the ruling family ceuld be
relied upen te be ef any assistance in bettering tne relatiens
between the State and the tribal Sheikhs.*
They realise that it is their unpepularity which has
enabled them te acquire an inceme whilst divesting themselves ef
all respensxbility. An ideal state ef things frem their peint ef
view.
74 . Since 1920-21 visits ef impertant sheikha te Muscat
have, almest ceased. There is ne State guest heuse and there are
ne regular arrangements fer the entertainments ef guests in
accerdance with Arab custem. In 1920 sheikn Rashid^ { minister
ef