"ملف ٨/٦٧ شؤون دولة مسقط: مسقط - معاهدة عُمان." [ظ‎‎٥‎٢] (٣١٦/١٠٩)

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/Jnnrttdpd fcr its consoHdatio: i on me romonl of the penal zaW.
Indian) that he had done so, and ashed fo. a meeting
. Tt .„ 0 fin „ii v arranged and took plane at Sib from the 23rd to 26th
This was fina u . ortUv of note that on this occasion, as a mark of th e
September 19-0. ,^1 situation and in the attitude of the tnb«
complete clianse n the pohuca^t ^ ]etter after , etter asking for a ^
andtSJ waited for me 20 days at Khoz, while on previous occasions exactlj
the reverse had been the case.
n 9l s t Captain Thomson of the 1-llTth Mahrattas proceeded withai
On the 1 ^ g., ^ na ^ve sailing boat, to the house of th
tv ” 1 ?\lut“ah at the edge of the gardens which had been fixed as rendezvous,
b> for the Entertainment of the Sheikhs. ,
...... . faw of mv arrival from India on the - 2 nd, accompanied
SpS afion, 11.0.,ard ih. Consular dragoman, I ombarkod ,na naira ,i
iiJ vessel for Sib, arriving there the afternoon of the - rd. -f message to
sent Immediately to Sheikt. Isa who was at Khoz only 2 hours distance.
Earlv on the morning of the 24th Sheikh Isa accompanied hy over (went;
Oman Sheikhs and three hundred camelmen arrived at the rendezvous. ATta
they had dismounted and entered the tents I paid the customary visit on then
as their host remaining about 10 minutes.
The first meeting took place an hour later and lasted some t "0 hours. The
Quezon preyed bv me Tvas the authorisation of Sheikh I>a. It will beieraeiE-
hered in this connection that on the occasion of the last meeting he was not fullj
authorised. Finally, he having stated, and his word baying been confirmed by
other Sheikhs, that*he was lully authorised by the Imam, it was agreed that
the terms if arranged ^rould be signed by him and the Sheikhs present in my
presence, and that they would then take the document away and obtain the
signature of the Imam and of any other Sheikhs w hom I -might name.
After the middy meal a further Ions: meeting was held to discuss the actual
terms. There were’present at this meeiing only Sheikh Isa, Said Masir-al*
Kirdi, the Consular dragoman and myself. Twelve extravagant terms veK
put forward by the Omanis:—
( 1 ) That the independence of Oman should he recognised.
(2) That the z.ikat should be reduce! to 5 per cenr*
(3) That the Omanis should be free and safe in the Sultan’s territory.
(4) That the Brhish Government should not help the r enemies
suimbly meaning the Sultan).
That- rsatVnnoe cIvrmM r'.
((5) That passports should not be needed f> r them.
(7) That they should be allowed to purchase cartridges.
( 8 ) That the Sultan should subsidise them/
(9; That all documents such as passports, etc., from the I mam! should
countersigned hy the Political Agent and not by the Sultan.
( 10 ) That Rashid bin Tdzaiz should not be allowed iu Oman.
(11) That Sheikh Said bin Nasir-al-Kindi should be guaranteed safe ? 111
the Sultan’s torritorv.
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(12) That the Sultan should reti «rn fugitives from their justice.
As against this they proposed to promise *• —
(1) Not to attack the Sultan’s territory or to interfere in his Govern®®®
(!) To allow freedom of trade and travel in Oman.