IOR/L/PS/12/2990

Correspondence relating to the activities of Sheikh Sulaiman Pasha al Baruni (also written Suleiman) [Sulayman al-Barūnī al-Nufūsi], an exiled notable of Tripoli appointed to the Muscat State Government.

The file includes correspondence between officials at the Political Agency in Muscat, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (External Affairs Department), India Office and Foreign Office discussing the appointment of al Baruni as Adviser for Internal Affairs and Inspector of Walis and the suspected reasons behind it. Also contained within the file are translations of intercepted letters to and from al Baruni to various members of the exiled Tripolitanian community between 17 September 1939 and 20 March 1940. The correspondence discusses the situation in Tripolitania, the position of the Italians in the Second World War, the formation of committees and the elections of leaders, and the possibility of liberating their homeland. Correspondents include:

• Syed Ahmad Zarim (Salambo, Ahwaj, Tunis)
• The French Minister and Resident-General at Tunis
• Syed Omar Faiq Shunaib, a notable of Tripoli (As-Salhiyah, Damascus)
• Sheikh Ahmed Beg al Baruni, Qadhi of Yafrin (Tripoli)
• Ahmad Zari Ar-Rihaibi (Tripoli)
• Omar Faiq Shanib (Damascus)
• Ahmad Zarim bin Khalifah bin Omar (Salambo, Tunis)
• Syed Muhammad Ariqi, President of the Association of Tripolian Immigrants in Tunis

Present within the file are translated letters and statements with multiple signatures of the 'chiefs and sheikhs' of Tripoli residing in Egypt declaring their intention to form a committee and elect a president (folios 15-17).