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IOR/L/PS/12/2965
- Record Id:
- 040-000558004
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000557989
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001fc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100065263435.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2965
- Title:
- Coll 20/13 'Muscat: Date trade: Indian tariff on Muscat dates'
- Scope & Content:
-
The file consists of correspondence concerning the cultivation of and trade in dates in Oman. The principal correspondents are the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), India Office, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agency in Muscat. The following is contained within the file:
- Correspondence between Valentine Hugh Wilfred Dowson, date expert and representative of the Hills Brothers Company in Basra, Iraq, Charles Wills, representative of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation, the Political Resident, Muscat Political Agent, and the Department of Overseas Trade regarding the possibilities of expanding the cultivation of and trade in dates in Oman. Included is an extract of a report by Dowson on date cultivation in Oman (folios 33-44).
- Correspondence regarding the high customs tariff on Omani date exports imposed by India and the agreement to lower it during 1933 and their unwillingness to do so again in 1938
- Correspondence between the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and the Government of India regarding the embargo on date and pearl imports into India from the Persian Gulf in 1947.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000557989
040-000558004 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/2951-3003 : Political (External) Collection 20: Muscat
IOR/L/PS/12/2965 : Coll 20/13 'Muscat: Date trade: Indian tariff on Muscat dates' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0021]/037-000557989[0015]/040-000558004
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (44 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001fc
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 28 Aug 1931-29 Oct 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 46; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)