File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous

Contenu

Titre

File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous

Créateur

Delcasée, Théophile Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Deutsch, Henry Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Cox, Percy Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Grey, William Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Kemball, Charles Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

1903-06-15

Résumé

The volume contains correspondence and other papers on a range of political subjects, chiefly communicated by the Political Agent at Muscat (Percy Cox until 1904; Major William Grey thereafter) to the Political Residency. The file begins with correspondence related to the Sultan of Muscat's new steamship, but expands to encompass a greater range of matters of a political nature taking place in Oman. These include: debts of and loans to the Sultan of Muscat by the British Government and various individuals (f 44); a report from Cox (October 1903) of Sultan Faisal bin Turki's desire to abdicate (ff 54-56); numerous memorandums of interviews taking place in November 1903 between the Sultan, Political Resident (Charles Kemball), Muscat Agent (Cox) and the Viceroy of India (Lord Curzon) (ff 59-62, 64-67 68-73). During one interview the Sultan is bestowed the honour of Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire (G.C.I.E.) (f 65); reports on French activities, including the departure of Roger Laronce and the arrival of Beguin Billecocq as French Consul to Muscat (f 112), French naval vessels in the Gulf (ff 158-59, ff 217, 223); and German (f 176, 181) and Russian (f 173) consulates in Muscat. Numerous papers in the second half of the file relate to the 1907 murder of Sulaiman bin Suwailim, Wali of Dhofar, and a trusted associate of Sultan Faisal bin Turki. A number of reports from Grey inform Cox (who is now Political Resident) of the circumstances surrounding the murder, and negotiations between Sheikh Faisal and Sheikh Isa bin Salih of the Al-Harth tribe to bring the perpetrators (believed to belong to the Siyabiyin tribe) to justice.

Langue

eng

rédacteur

East India Company Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

uri

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00020e

Source

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

Qatar Digital Library Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

lccn

IOR/R/15/1/553

Droits

Open Government Licence

Delcasée, Théophile et al., “File 59/15 C (A 15) Muscat Miscellaneous”, 1903-06-15, bibliographie, consulté le 7 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/13288