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IOR/R/15/1/459
- Record Id:
- 040-000227910
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001b0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023623715.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/459
- Title:
- Muscat Tariff
- Scope & Content:
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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 tobacco and the Sultan's understanding of specific terms in English relating to alcohol such as "under proof". Also contains a number of letters in Arabic with translations in English from Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; a few letters in French from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the British Embassy, Muscat.
An annex to the file (35/146) consists of printed confidential letters, 1929-1930, relevant to the finances of the sultanate.
Correspondents include Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; Percy Gordon Loch, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts, Political Agent Muscat; Major Claude Edward U Bremner, Political Agent Muscat; John Charles Walton, India Office, Whitehall. Alfred Wiseman, Dominions Office, London; Maurice J Clauson, India Office, London.
- 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
040-000227910 - 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/15/1/459 : Muscat Tariff - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0011]/038-000227841[0069]/040-000227910
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (211 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001b0
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English
French - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 2 Jun 1933-25 Jun 1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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The foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B. Foliation omissions: 145 and 148
- Former External References:
- A Series: 35/146 III
Confidential Series: A 73 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)