PZ 236/41 'Disturbances on the Trucial Coast.

Contenu

Titre

PZ 236/41 'Disturbances on the Trucial Coast.

Créateur

East India Company Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

1941-01-15

Résumé

The file contains correspondence from Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, which is forwarded to the Secretary of State for India. The correspondence relates that, on the pretext that certain of his adherents had been murdered, Mohammad bin Abdullah al Khalili, Imam of Inner Oman, had taken control of the fort at Ibri in the Dhahirah, formerly in the hands of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. It is suggested that a more likely motivation for this action was to take control of the area in which Petroleum Concessions Ltd had been most interested. The Political Resident in the Gulf suggests that it would be a set-back for British interests if the Sultan were to lose ground in this area, and after a number of letters providing updates of the situation the correspondence ends with a letter from Major Hickinbotham informing that Saiyid Shahab bin Faisal, Regent and Minister for External Affairs, Muscat, had been contacted by Ali bin Said of Ainane, offering surrender of the strategically-important fort at Ainane to the Sultan on terms, in consequence of pressure from the Imam. The Regent proposed to discuss terms, an action which gained Major Hickinbotham's approval. The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.

Langue

eng

nombre de pages

24

uri

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x0003be

Source

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

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lccn

IOR/L/PS/12/458

Droits

Open Government Licence

East India Company, “PZ 236/41 'Disturbances on the Trucial Coast.”, 1941-01-15, bibliographie, consulté le 2 janvier 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/12989