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IOR/R/15/1/452
- Record Id:
- 040-000227903
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001a9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023667295.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/452
- Title:
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'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of'
- Scope & Content:
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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 officers in Iraq; proposals that Captain Robin Williams George Stephens should act as Financial Adviser; other topics include the Sultan of Muscat's [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] visit to Europe and improvements of the customs administration at Sur.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227841
040-000227903 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/391-467 : File 35: Muscat
IOR/R/15/1/452 : Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0011]/038-000227841[0062]/040-000227903
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (273 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001a9
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 6 Dec 1927-27 Apr 1930
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 4-251; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Foliation errors: 3 and 3A; 94 and 94A.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 35/138 I
Confidential Series: A 48 - Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in chronological order. The file also has an index at the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Financial Advisor to the Sultan of Muscat, 1924?-1933?
Thomas, Bertram Sidney, diplomat, explorer and Arabist, 1892-1950
