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1. 'File 8/20: MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RISE OF OMANIS'
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- Abstract: This file relates to British policy in Muscat and Oman. It contains extensive correspondence and memoranda from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, mainly addressed to the Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, which discusses the rivalry between the Sultanate of Muscat and the Imamate of Oman, the history of British relations with the ruling sultans, and negotiations between the Sultan [Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the Omani tribes.Related matters of discussion include the following: comparisons between the Sultan's rule and that of the Imam's; the question of whether British support for the current Sultan's Government should be continued, given the state of its finances and the Sultan's standing with the Omani tribes; possible reforms to the Sultan's Government, as proposed by the Political Agent; the Political Agent's meeting with Omani representative Shaikh Isa bin Salih [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥārthī]; negotiations between the Sultan and the Omanis (in which the Political Agent acts as mediator), and the terms for a final settlement between the two parties; plans for the Sultan to impose a penal zakat on certain Omani tribes; the murder of the Imam on 21 July 1920.Correspondents besides the Political Agent include the following: the Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; officials of the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 318; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Condition: folios 274-276 are damaged and have parts of their edges missing, resulting in the loss of text.
2. 'File 8/52 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHAIKH ISSA BIN SALEH AND HIS FATHER'S CAREER (SHAIKH OF OMAN)'
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- Abstract: This file consists of a report entitled 'Sketch of the Careers of Saleh Bin Ali and his son Isa Bin Saleh: The Stormy Petrels of Oman Politics.' Written by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, the report comprises an account of the career of Saleh bin Ali bin Nasir of the El Harth tribe [Shaikh Ṣāliḥ bin ‘Alī al-Ḥārthī], of which there are two copies, plus an account of the activities of his son, Isa bin Ali [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥārthī]. The report is produced by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, and is preceded by a covering letter, which is addressed to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and is dated 14 April 1930.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-23; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.