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File [VIIIB/2] MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: Zanzibar Subsidy and Arms Subsidy
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns two subsidies paid by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are referred to in the correspondence as the Zanzibar subsidy and the arms traffic subsidy. The latter subsidy is referred to as initially having been granted to Sultan Faisal bin Turki [Fa...
This file concerns arrangements for payments of the Zanzibar subsidy by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence discusses details of advance payments, refunds, and receipts. Also discussed are details relating to a War Subsidy, to be paid from 1 May 1940 onwa...
This volume relates to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is primarily concerned with the Sultanate's customs tariffs. It features extensive discussion between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and officials of ...
This file contains a small amount of correspondence concerning a request made through the Persian Gulf Political Residency in Bahrain by the Secretary to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf for a brief list of dutiable goods and customs regulations for Persian Gulf ports. The request is...
File 8/10 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUNICIPAL & OTHER TAXES
Scope & Content:
This file relates to taxes in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the payment (or non-payment) of certain taxes by British subjects. Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat's request that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman make th...
File 8/11 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ASSESSMENT OF ZAKAT.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns zakat revenue from date cultivation in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It discusses the findings of a recent assessment of the Sultanate's date producing districts, which was undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Captain Reginald George Evelyn William Alban...
File 8/12 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BATINAH SHAIKHS REFUSAL TO PAY ZAKAT.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns actions to be taken by the British following reports that a number of shaikhs in the Shinas area of the Batinah coast are refusing to pay the zakat tax. The correspondence includes discussion of the following: whether threats or a demonstration are required to secure payment f...
File 8/14 I MUSCAT FINANCE, REVENUE, TAXES. BUDGETS.
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns matters relating to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, including its budgets and its revenue. It is largely comprised of copies of various kinds of financial statements, produced by the Government of Muscat's Director of Revenues and forwarded to the Political...
File 8/14 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSCAT STATE FINANCES & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns matters relating to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It is largely comprised of copies of various kinds of financial statements, produced by the Government of Muscat and Oman and forwarded to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf by the Political Agent an...
This file contains a small amount of correspondence concerning the state finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The letters discuss the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] investment in Government of India war bonds, as well as details of the Sultan's accounts with ...
