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'Muscat reforms: customs; finances and negotiations with Omanis' [228r] (460/508)
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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his reoly ind that he had better think about it. .uiyhow
he waR going to have a good rent and would be able to see
what he felt like after he had returned to imscat.
, v iv good deal more rather trying conversation took
plac6 but finally ho calmed down#
x di j not modify in any way the ansv/er r^lv^n by
H.S.
I did not ir^orm H.:*:. of thiB at the tine (it was
during the ) as he was momentarily engaged with
Blr ^il]i'\m Vincent mri it did not see;a advisable to
quote to it* at a dinner party such an exceedingly
corapromiBins Rtitement which it would iuive been very
difficult for h.ti. to answer at once.
I Bubrnit this brief note for your information ar 3
it raises Quite clearly the i ^sue 1,7 hicii i had ventured
to suggest might arise*
: Vi • H. Wingat e, 13.3.19 20.
i saw the All tan of MaPkat with Mr.'Jingate for
about an hour an the a-wmoon of 13tli .'eiru-i y in ills
house. He win preset very strongly to De allo«aa
never w return to m^Kat. I told him that x hoped at
th, end of 3 month.' rest ho Would thinK differently and
, crrPit. oity to persist in his project
that it would be a ^t pi .
• -p n-f eneifli®^ has died and all nay
Just when the chief of his ene oi,
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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