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'Muscat reforms: customs; finances and negotiations with Omanis' [14r] (32/508)
The record is made up of 1 volume (248 folios). It was created in 22 Oct 1919-15 Apr 1920. It was written in English. 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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T»
Shaikh Xuz bin Sallh si Hartthi
on b«h&lf of Shaikh Sallm bin Hashld al ^Uaru»l 9
Shaikh Hanyar bin Haftlr al Habhanl and the 3ii#lkiii «f Oaan.
It.
Aft»r co»pllM«nt«. You will r«y@mber tixat at the
la»t m«®tln^ held on th# l5th.S«ptmb«r at Sib between
y^ur»«Xf ani th® Political A&mt you Informol him tuat you
w@r« fully authorl^od by th« 3halkii» of Oman above aantloned
to act on taelr behalf and to diusouee ^nl if possi^X« to
settle the present etate of affaire. Ill addition you aefced
that the Brltieh Government sriould use their sood offices
to effect a eettleoent. H.H. tne Sultan SayId Telmur hm
also expreeeed deelre that a eettlmjent should be
arrived te fchle at In tide way. How tlierefore at the request
of both parti that Is H.H. the Sultan and yours*!vos,
the British Oovemr»ent lias empowered me to act ay int-r-
^diary ^jgeasg^^oif<Mit in the hope that the present
unsnti ©factory state of affairs aay be ternilnatoi and that
peaoe ana prosperity nay be restored to Utian.
a. You will know that since tli# last ^eetln^ various
points of difference wtiich had arisen between you and H.H.
the Sultan an? wldch had been discussed by you with the
Political A^ent h»ve already \> ^n satisfactorily settled.
The foxtr prisoners wliose release you asked for ar^ now
you. The sakat on all 500ds except poiaegranates is now five
per cent. Many of the restrictions on entearine and leaving
Muscat and Huttrah have been removed, ^ou have also returned
the sardan® of Sheikh Rashid and the Wall of Mattrah.
3. It now therefore but remains for both parties
to a^ree to tenss of persattent settleaent.
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Correspondence covers debts of the Sultan of Muscat, reforms to increase revenues, and negotiations with Omani rebels. Topics include:
- Budget for 1919;
- Currency and customs;
- The desire of the Sultan [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] to abdicate;
- Terms of negotiations with tribes from the interior of Oman;
- Prohibition of coffee and the sale of liquor;
- Appointment of a wazir Minister. for the Sultan.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (248 folios)
- Arrangement
There is an index at the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: There are two foliation sequences. The most complete sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 248, ending on the last folio of writing.
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- IOR/R/15/1/416
- Title
- 'Muscat reforms: customs; finances and negotiations with Omanis'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:10v, 12r:232v, 233v:248v, i-r:iii-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence