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61. IOR/R/15/1/451

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/451
Title:
‘File 35/137 IV (A 83) Muscat state budget’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the Muscat Government’s finances between March 1935 and January 1941. The principal correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (chiefly Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle, who held the post ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1934-19 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)

62. IOR/R/15/1/452

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/452
Title:
'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of'
Scope & Content:
Most of the correspondence relates to the appointment of a Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. Letters discuss Bertram Thomas role as Financial Adviser and his replacement by Stuart Edwin Hedgcock. Also discussed is Thomas' crossing of the Rub al Khali; possible recruitment of British off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1927-27 Apr 1930
Extent:
1 volume (273 folios)

63. IOR/R/15/1/453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/453
Title:
Muscat, Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerns Stuart Edwin Hedgcock, Financial Adviser, Muscat, and the termination of his services and proposed reinstatement. The correspondence notes the detailed scrutiny of the State's budget by Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]. Also discussed is the Muscat Levy Corps budget: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1931-19 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (241 folios)

64. IOR/R/15/1/454

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/454
Title:
Muscat, Appointment, Leave, Pay etc, of, Wazir of.
Scope & Content:
Letter of application by Evan Charles Harry Alban for the post of Financial Adviser and Commandant of the Muscat Levy Corps. Correspondence discusses the contract including pay and leave. The Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur, decided he did not wish to have a British Officer as Financial Advi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1932-13 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (149 folios)

65. IOR/R/15/1/455

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/455
Title:
Confidential File 35/141 Khasab
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discussing the situation in Khasab and relations between Shaikh Hassan and the Sultan of Muscat. Includes some letters in Arabic and a family tree (folio 21) of the ruling shaikhs of Dibba and Sharjah. Also includes a letter from Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Presiden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 May 1931-1 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 volume (32 folios)

66. IOR/R/15/1/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/456
Title:
'Muscat. Commandant Muscat Levy Corps. Appointment, leave, pay, etc, of.'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the appointment, leave and pay of the Commandant of the Muscat Levy Corps. Possible candidates were from the Iraq Levies and units of the Indian Army. The Sultan wished to have a young officer with Arabic language skills and experience of working with Arabs. Due to the s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1926-25 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)

67. IOR/R/15/1/457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/457
Title:
Muscat: Proposed Tariff Treaty
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the drafting of the Muscat Tariff treaty. Letters discuss the raising of duty on French and American goods beyond a rate of five per cent which had been limited by Article 3 of the 1833 Treaty between Muscat and the United States of America, and by Article 10 of the 18...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Sep 1929-19 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 file

68. IOR/R/15/1/458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/458
Title:
Muscat Tariff Treaty
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to negotiations over revisions in the tariff questions relating to the proposed tariff treaty with Muscat. Includes correspondence relating to negotiations with France, United States, Irish Free State and Canada, as well as, letters in Arabic with translations in English ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
24 Aug 1931-8 May 1933
Extent:
1 file (234 folios)

69. IOR/R/15/1/459

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/459
Title:
Muscat Tariff
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to negotiations over revisions in the tariff questions relating to the proposed tarrif treaty with Muscat. Includes correspondence relating to negotiations with France, United States, Irish Free State and Canada. Arabic terminology is discussed relating to alcohol and tob...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
2 Jun 1933-25 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (211 folios)

70. IOR/R/15/1/460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/460
Title:
35/149 I (A 67) Batineh date trade. Dowson's reports
Scope & Content:
Consists of a report by Valentine Hugh Wilfred Dowson entitled 'Notes on a few day's journey to the West of Maskat'. The report is divided into sections including climate; geology; communications; flora and fauna. There then follows three sections on agriculture. Agriculture I reports on labour,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1927-28 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)