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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [28r] (69/426)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1930-31 Dec 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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if energetic eteps were taken by the Muscat
authorities to improve the cuetoms administration and
put an end to the dishonesty that prerails there
substantially larger sums could be collected. I am
bringing the state of affairs there to the notice
of the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and am directing him to suggest
to the State authorities that the present Director
of Customs should be replaced by an outsider who has
no connection with Sur and that, if necessary, a few
additional guards should be provided. The State
authorities will undoubtedly have to proceed somewhat
tactfully at first since they have allowed this state
of affairs to prevail for many years and a sudden
tightening up would doubtless produce widespread
resentment on the part of the local inhabitants, but
if the situation is properly handled I see no reason
why there should not be a gradual but steady increase
in the Sur customs within the next few years.
12. It will thus be seen that the Bani Bu Ali
have abandoned their claim to independence. Secondly
efforts are now being made to put an end to the blood
feud which has prevailed for some years among the
Jennebeh; if the efforts are successful the power of
the Bani Bu Ali on the coast will be definitely
weakened. finally 1 think it should be possible for
the Muscat authorities themselves to increase the
Sur revenues by a general iagprovement of the customs
administration without any action on our part other
possibly than the occasional visit of a man-of-war
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Correspondence relating to the Amir of Ja'alan and the collection of customs at Sur. Letters discuss the strategy for enforcing customs collection in Sur and the visit in HMS Penzance of Heir Apparent, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], President of the Council of Ministers in order to re-establish Sultanate authority in Sur. Correspondence discusses the constraints on the actual use of British naval power and the preferred use of the Muscat Levies as well as possible use of air power. Includes a hand-drawn map of Sur (folio 87) with discussion of the tribal divisions in the town and of the village of Aiqa inhabited by the Bani Bu Ali.
Correspondents include Air Headquarters, Iraq Command, Hinaidi; Air Ministry, London;Trenchard Craven W. Fowle and Reginald George Alban, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat; Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Foreign Secretary, Government of India; Stuart Edwin Hedgecock, Financial Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Muscat; Saif bin Ali bin Saif [Saif bin ‘Alī bin Saif], Wali of Sur; Iskander, Director-General of Customs, Muscat; 'the people of Aiqa'; Ali bin Abdullah Al Hamudah [‘Alī bin Abdullāh al-Ḥamūdah], Amir of Ja'alan.
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- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio.
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- Title
- 'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.'
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- front, front-i, 1br:1dv, i-r:i-v, 1er:1ev, 3r:10v, 11ar:11bv, 12r:13v, 14ar:14bv, 15r:35v, 36ar:36bv, 37r:73v, 81v:86v, 88r:88v, 89v, 90ar:90bv, 91r:116v, 119v:173v, 174v, 176v:182v, 183v:203v, back-i, back
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