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ON SLAVE TRADE (EAST COAST OF AFRICA). 
a sum will be of material benefit to Syucl Thoweynee, and its payment will not be an in- Appendix, No. 8. 
superable difficulty to Syud Majeed. - 
16. The Honourable the Governor in Council, deeming it his duty to submit his opinion 
on this important discussion, would recommend to the favourable consideration ot the 
Ri.rht Honourable the Governor General the following propositions as offering the best 
solution of the many complications which surround the case :— 
I. That his Highness Syud Majeed be declared ruler of Zanzibar and the African 
dominions of his late Highness Syud Saeed. 
II. That the ruler of Zanzibar pay annually to the ruler of Muscat a subsidy of 
40,000 crowns. 
III. That his Highness Syud Majeed pay to his Highness Syud Thoweynee the 
arrears of the subsidy for two years, or 80,000 crowns. 
17. The Honourable the Governor in Council believes that this arrangement is, under 
all the circumstances, the most just that can be effected ; that it is the best calcu 
lated to preserve the future peace of the two states : and that it is the one most consistent 
with the views of the late Syud Saeed, to whom Muscat and Zanzibar owe so much. 
18. Brio-adier Coghlan proceeds, in the 50th paragraph of his report, to consider some 
collateral points connected with the main subject under discussion. 
19. The first of these is the propriety, or otherwise, of providing for the succession to 
the sovereignty of Zanzibar on the death of his Highness Syud Majeed, who at present has 
no male issue. The Honourable the Governor in Council considers that this is not a 
question which calls for any expression of opinion by the British Government. It must 
be left for decision to the chiefs of Zanzibar, who will, without doubt, pay very great 
respect to any expression of the wishes of Syud Majeed. The more popular the rule of the 
present Sultan, the greater influence will his wishes exercise on the succession. It is 
dearly a question which must be left for the future ; any present attempt to regulate the 
succession would be inconsistent with the principle asserted in the course of this discus 
sion, that the sovereigns are elected from the members of the royal family. 
90 The second point discussed by Brigadier Coghlan is connected with the claims of 
the youno-er children of the late Syud Saeed at Zanzibar. The Honourable the Governor 
in Council is of opinion that as these younger children are at Zanzibar, and as the property 
stated to have been left to them by the late Imam is at Zanzibar, the question of their 
claims must be left to the justice of the ruler of Zanzibar ; the children are his subjects ; 
he has acknowledged his obligation to make good to them their inheritance, and, as may 
be inferred from Brigadier Coghlan’s statements in the 51st paragraph, there is at least 
as much chance of their obtaining justice from Syud Majeed as from Syud Thoweynee. It 
will be sufficient, in the opinion of the Honourable the G overnor in Council, if the Agent 
at Zanzibar be instructed to intimate to Syud Majeed that the British Government does 
not deem it necessary to issue any orders on the complaint of Syud Thoweynee relative to 
the inheritance of the younger brothers, believing that full justice will be rendered to 
them by the Sultan of Zanzibar. 
21. Bri^mdier Coghlan next offers some suggestions as to the course to be pursued with 
respect to'^Syud Barghash, who has now resided for several months in Bombay. The 
honourable the Governor in Council regards the conduct of this young prince as open to 
the gravest reprehension. He considers it to be entirely without palliation, and he must 
also confess that he has very little confidence in the future amendment of the prince, 
except so far as he may be influenced by his fears. But amidst a choice of difficulties 
(and there seldom was a case in which, throughout all its turns, the advantages and disad 
vantages attached to a proposed course of action were so nearly equivalent) the Honour 
able the Governor in Council believes that the measure suggested by Brigadier C oghlan 
offers the fairest prospect of success. That officer, in effect, proposes that Syud Barghash, 
who has in writing made abject submission to his brother, should be permitted to return 
to Zanzibar and reside there under the surveillance of the British Agent, being at the same 
time recommended to the forgiveness and protection of Syud Majeed. ^ The Honourable 
the Governor in Council sees no other course open. It would not be just to impose the 
maintenance of Syud Barghash upon Syud Thoweynee, but Syud Majeed may fairly be held 
liable to accept this turbulent prince as a charge on Zanzibar. But, as a part of the 
arrangement, Syud Barghash should be plainly informed that, in being permitted to return 
to Zanzibar, and in being recommended to the favourable consideration of the Sultan, it 
is to be clearly understood, if he again seeks to undermine his brothers authority, the 
British Government will not interfere to save him from the just reward of his misdeeds, 
but will leave him to his fate. 
22. Brigadier Coghlan, in paragraphs 55 to 62, adverts to a question intimately con 
nected with the main dispute between Muscat and Zanzibar ; the claim of Syud 1 oorkee 
to the independent sovereignty of Sohar. The Honourable the Governor in Council 
fully concurs in the opinion expressed by Brigadier Coghlan, that the claim cannot be 
maintained. Sohar would seem to be in the position of an appanage to Muscat; a provi 
sion to a younger brother, and it would neither be just nor politic to dissever it perma 
nently from the superior power. His Excellency in Council would submit to the Bight 
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