'File XXIX/5 the Imam's Rising 1913 to 1920 Negotiations for Peace between the Sultan and the Imam.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File XXIX/5 the Imam's Rising 1913 to 1920 Negotiations for Peace between the Sultan and the Imam.'
- Date:
- 1915/1915
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, reports, and telegrams between British officials, the Sultan of Muscat, the Imam of Oman and notable local Omani shaikhs. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the rising of the Imam of Oman, Salim bin Rashid al-Kharusi, against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Fayṣal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi, in 1915. British officials offered to interfere between the Sultan and the Imam Government in order to reach a peaceful agreement between the two parties.The Political Agent, Muscat, and the Imam’s representatives were in continuous communication in order to reach a deal. Following his meeting with them at Seeb (also called Sib), the Political Agent sent a report to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Basra, in which he included the Imam’s demands and the Sultan’s remarks on them. Among the demands of the Imam and his followers were the following:to remove all the unjust and corrupt Walisand Qadisto grant the chiefs of tribes some allowance in accordance to the usual customto issue orders prohibiting the dealing in wines and tobaccoAmong other correspondents in the file are the Imam’s representatives: ‘Isa bin Saleh al-Harthi, Himyar bin Nasir al-Nabhani, Abdullah bin Rashid al-Hashmi (the Imam’s Qadi) and Hamaid bin Sa'id Al Falaiti.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 93; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Sharia law
Petitions - Geographic region:
- Seeb
Sama’il - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000286_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000286_en
IOR/R/15/6/46
IOR/R/15/6/46