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trator ; and it should be impressed upon both parties, at the time of delivering to them Appendix, No. 8.
the Governor General’s letters, that, as they have solemnly aceepted the arbitration, the
Government of India looks to their abiding faithfully by his Excellency’s award.
5. The annual payment of 40,000 crowns is not to be understood as a recognition of
any dependence of Zanzibar upon Muscat, neither is it to be considered as merely personal
between Syud Thoweynee and Syud Majeed, but as a permanent arrangement, comjiensating
the ruler of Muscat for the abandonment of all claims upon Zanzibar,
and adjusting the inequality between the two inheritances, which are to be henceforward
separate.
6. The Governor General in Council offers no opinion about the rule of succession in
Zanzibar ; to do so would, he considers, be travelling beyond the bounds of the question
submitted for arbitration.
7. His Excellency in Council agrees with the Bombay Government as to the guardianship
of the younger brothers, and requests that the necessary instructions may be issued
to Her Majesty’s Consul at Zanzibar.
8. Syud Barghash must, of course, be free to return to Zanzibar if he pleases, and the
Consul should be directed to recommend him to the clemency of Syud Majeed. But there
is strong objection to putting him under the Consul’s surveillance. The Consul may very
properly give him good advice on occasion arising, and warn him that he will receive no
countenance or protection from the Consulate in the event of his behaving disloyally or
turbulently ; but the English Consul could not, with any propriety, or without risk of
grave embarrassment, undertake to watch the doings of a suspected member of the ruler’s
family.
9. The opinion of Brigadier Coghlan and of the Bombay Government, negativing the
claim of Syud Toorkee to the independent sovereignty of Sohar, appears to be perfectly
just. The communication which it is proposed to make to that chief will be very
proper.
10. The proposal to appoint a duly qualified agent to Muscat is entirely approved, and
I am directed to request that the Government of Bombay will lose no time in nominating
a duly qualified person, if their suggestions for a new arrangement of the agencies in
Arabia, Persia, and Zanzibar, are likely to be delayed.
11. The Supreme Government heartily concurs in the commendation given by the
Governor in Council to Brigadier Coghlan. It is rare to see an intricate and difficult
subject so completely and clearly dealt with as the one now before his Excellency in
Brigadier Coghlan’s report, and his Lordship in Council trusts that Her Majesty’s
Government will not omit to mark their appreciation of this excellent officer’s valuable
services, past and present.
12. The best thanks of the Governor General in Council should also be conveyed to
the Rev. Mr. Badger for the important aid which he has given to Brigadier Coghlan in
this matter. His Excellency believes that there is no officer of the Indian service who
possesses so familiar and cultivated a knowledge of Arabic as Mr. Badger, and the
services which this knowledge and his general ability enabled him to render to the army
in Persia under Sir James Outram are well known to and appreciated by the Government
of India.
13. The Government of India would be glad to receive any suggestions from the
Government of Bombay for encouraging the study of Arabic, more especially among the
military servants of Government on that side of India. It is possible that the revival of
the pecuniary rewards to be bestowed on those who attain a certificate of high proficiency
in the language, with the chances of staff employ, would offer sufficient inducements for
the purpose.
14. Letters in English to the address of his Highness Syud Thoweynee and his Highness
Syud Majeed, signed by the Governor General, and conveying his Excellency’s decision,
are herewith forwarded to you for transmission. Copies are also enclosed. Prom
these copies the Governor General in Council requests that Arabic translations may be
made, expressing fully and accurately the terms of the letters, each of which is to be
delivered with its Arabic translation.
1Ö. If Mr. Badger is still at Bombay, it will be satisfactory that the translations should
be made by him.
16. The Governor General in Council leaves it to the Governor of Bombay in Council
to determine how the letters shall be sent, observing only that there is no necessity to
send again an agent or a ship specially to Zanzibar.
I have, &c.
(signed) G. C. Barnes,
Officiating Secretary to the Government of India.
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