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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 qualified
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 yourself
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 communicated
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
