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51. IOR/R/15/1/443

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/443
Title:
File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Amir of Ja'alan and the collection of customs at Sur. Letters discuss the strategy for enforcing customs collection in Sur and the visit in HMS Penzance of Heir Apparent, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], President of the Council of Ministers in order to r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1930-31 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/1/444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/444
Title:
File 35/134 IV (A 56) Sur. Ja'alan - Amirs of.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to actions against the Bani Bu Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] in Sur in 1932 who were claiming independence from the Muscat State. Correspondence discusses how the Bani Bu Ali led by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah al-Hammuda [Muḥammed bin Nāṣir al-Ḥamūdah] were rebelling against the Su...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1931-18 Mar 1932
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/1/445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/445
Title:
Muscat. Desire of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal to Abdicate.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to abdication of Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal], Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Correspondence discusses how the Sultan had initially expressed a desire to abdicate in 1920 following the conclusion of the Omani rebellion and the Treaty of Sib. Correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1929-29 Oct 1931
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/1/446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/446
Title:
Abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal and accession of Sultan Saiyid Said ibn Taimur
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal]and the accession of his son, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]. The file includes a letter in Arabic (folio 97) from Sultan Taimur with a translation in English, giving reasons as to why he cannot return to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1931-1 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/1/447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/447
Title:
Muscat succession
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the succession to Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat, in the event of his sudden demise. Said bin Taimur felt that no member of the Royal Family met the two criteria required for his succesor: to hold the same views as his own about the State's close ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1940-24 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/1/448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/448
Title:
‘File 35/137 I (A 57) Muscat budget’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of various budget reports for the State of Muscat, forwarded by the Political Agent Muscat to the Political Resident during the period July 1927 to March 1932. The list of reports sent to the Political Resident are as follows: Six-month statement of actual revenues and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1927-13 May 1932
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/1/449

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/449
Title:
‘File 35/137 II (A 61) Muscat state budget’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises submissions of monthly statements of the revenue and expenditure of the Muscat State for the period April 1932 to March 1933; and quarterly submissions of statements on the progress of loans and debts, along with the cash balance of the Muscat Treasury for the same period. A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1932-16 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 volume (184 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/1/450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/450
Title:
‘File 35/137 III (A 63) Muscat state budget’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers relating to the financial affairs of the Muscat State Government, including quarterly submissions of statements of revenue and expenditure, progress of loans and debt, and the cash balance of the Muscat treasury, for the period between July 193...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

59. 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)

60. 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)