IOR/L/PS/12/2951

The file contains correspondence relating to Muscat state finances. The correspondence is between the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India (External Affairs and Foreign and Political Departments), the India Office, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].

The file includes:

• Budget estimates for most of the years between 1929 and 1947, sent by the Political Agent in Muscat to either the India Office, the Government of India, or both, via the Political Resident, and sometimes including budget statements for the previous year and War Subsidy Account statements
• Correspondence relating to the discussion over whether or not to continue paying the Sultan the Arms Traffic Subsidy
• Reports into the financial situation of the state, usually by the Political Resident
• Papers concerning the need for improvement in the collection of revenue in the Batinah and Shimaliyeh districts
• Papers concerning proposals for changes to the Muscat Levy Corps
• Papers connected to the temporary appointment of Captain Reginald George Evelyn William Alban as Financial Adviser to the State and as Commandant of the Levy Corps
• Correspondence related to the discussion over the amendment of the treaties between Britain and Muscat