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'Muscat reforms: customs; finances and negotiations with Omanis' [113r] (230/508)
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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Telegram Code
From Civil Commissioner, -Baghdad
Arab Bureau, Cairo
1441
1.2.20.
To
No.
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^ 60^8Hi HE RESIDENT.
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" Your despatcli of August 2ord. Should "be much obliged if
Egyptian Government could see their way to^ aotxdin'ffl^ilbdul Salim
for further period of two 3' r ® ars Director of Customs, ilaskat
Pensions contribution of course will be x )a id.
It is essential that officials engaged for Iviaskat should
only be seconded and should not lose their pension rights or
prospect*; in the Government service from which they are drawn.
The climate of Maskat is notorious and the amenities
which count for more than the climate are nil. Local prospects
are also nil to an nonest man.
Should the Egyptian Government refuse, there will be no
possibility of retaining his services.
vario us
It is upon the ability of/independent/ administrations in
the Middle ^ast to exchange officials occasionally that the
possibility of a future United Middle Eastern Service depends
. . . + -
and I trust t. ; at Egyptian authorx ties^consider tnis aspect oi
case and will look with benevolence on the claims of this
backward state to assistance from its more advanced nei fth^our ^
India cannot supply suitable Mohamedan oificial.
Civil Commissioner, Baghdad,
No.
Office of the Civil Commissioner,
Baghdad, the 2nd February 1920,
8/20
D.P.R., Bushire
P.A.Maskat,
/
Copy forwarded for information ref.your 32 of Janm
-ary 7 th,19 20.
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Lieut^Col., I, A. ,
Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia,
CM,
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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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence