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APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE 
Appendix, No, 8. 
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(No. 112 A of 1861.) 
From A. Kinloch Fortes, Esq., Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the 
Reverend G. F. Badger, in charge Mucat-Zanzibar Commission. 
Sir, Secret Department, 27 April 1861. 
With reference to Brigadier Coghlan’s report. No 17, of the 4th December last, and to 
the Resolution of Government thereon, a copy of which has been furnished to you, I am 
directed to forward herewith copy of a letter from the Government of India, with 
enclosure, communicating the terms of the Right Honourable the Governor General’s 
arbitrement on the questions in dispute between his Highness Syud Thoweynee, ruler of 
Muscat, and his Highness Syud Majeed, ruler of Zanzibar. 
2. In forwarding these documents to you, I am desired to state that it appears to his 
Excellency the Governor in Council it would be a judicious arrangement if you were to 
proceed to Muscat with the arbitration for delivery to his Highness Syud Thoweynee. 
3. With this view, I am instructed to enclose an English letter from his Excellency the 
Governor to his Highness Syud Thoweynee’s address, giving cover to the original letter 
from the Governor General, containing his Lordship’s decision with reference to his 
Highness’s claims. Arabic versions of these letters, prepared by yourself, accompany. 
4. The tenor of his Excellency the Governor’s letter will guide you generally in the 
course of the proceedings to be adopted by you on your arrival at Muscat ; but the 
Government trust to your own experience and judgment for giving due etfect to the terms 
of the arbitration. 
_ 5. I am also desired to transmit to you an English letter, with Arabic version, from 
his Excellency the Governor to Syud Toorkee’s address, communicating to him the views 
of the Government of India in his case. You will, on your arrival at Muscat, be in a 
position to determine the propriety, or otherwise, of delivering these documents in person 
to Syud Toorkee. A transcript of the Arabic version of his Excellency’s letter is enclosed 
for the information of his Highness Syud Thoweynee. 
6. In accordance with the intimation made in the 15th paragraph of the letter from 
the Supreme Government, arrangements have been made for the appointment of a quali 
fied officer as British Agent at Muscat. Lieutenant Pengelley of the Indian Navy has 
been offered and has accepted the appointment. 
7. The services of Her Majesty’s steamer " Zenobia,” which vessel is under orders to 
proceed to Aden, will be made available for conveying you to Muscat. Lieutenant 
Pengelley will proceed by the same opportunity. 
8. In consequence of the Governor General’s arbitration, their Highnesses Syuds 
Thoweynee and Majeed shall henceforth be designated Sultans of Muscat and Zanzibar. 
9. Orders will be issued to the sub-treasurer for the disbursement to you of such a 
sum of money as you may deem necessary for the contingent expenses connected with 
your mission. 
I have, &c. 
(signed) A. Kinloch Fortes, 
Acting Secretary to Government. 
From His Excellency Sir George Clerk, k.c.b.. Governor of Bombay, to His Highness 
Syud Thoioeynee tin Saeed bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat. 
Beloved and esteemed Friend, 
A. C.—You will receive by this opportunity the decision of his Excellency the 
Governor General of India in the unhappy differences which have arisen between your 
self and your Highness’s brother Syud Majeed. The claims of each have been carefully 
weighed, and I trust that you will be convinced that the settlement awarded is fair and 
equitable, and equally honourable to both parties. I have no doubt that your Highness, 
agreeably with your solemn promise, will faithfully abide by the award, now communi 
cated to you, and I earnestly hope that this adjustment of existing differences may lead 
to a perfect reconciliation between yourself and your brother Syud Majeed. The future 
welfare of Oman and Zanzibar will depend on your mutual accord, and if you are united 
in brotherly affection and wise counsels, the two states will continue to prosper to your 
own benefit; to the benefit of your respective subjects ; and to the honour of your late 
father’s renowned memory. This is my sincere wish on your behalf, and in your efforts 
to attain such beneficial results you may confidently rely on the good offices of the British 
Government. 
His Excellency the Governor General concurs with me in recognising your Highness’s 
right to the sovereignty of Sohar as forming part of the kingdom of Oman. This decision 
I have