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'Abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal and accession of Sultan Saiyid Said ibn Taimur' [27r] (63/354)
The record is made up of 1 volume (170 folios). It was created in 5 Nov 1931-1 Dec 1932. 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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asserted hie personal authority on eeTeral oceasions. For
instance at Sohar his uncle. Said Earned, had been Wall for
many years past and had established a virtual autocracy there
to the great detriaent of the State finances. Baiyid Said
proceeded there by himself and transferred his uncle to another
place. He has re-established the authority of the State at
Sur as reported to the (knreanment of India in my telegram Mo.
550, dated the 29th October 1931, and it remains now only to
deal with the question of Aiqa and the Bani Bu Ali, and I am
glad to be able to inform the Government of India that the
^Al Baid* has succeeded in seising one of the Aiqa dhows with*
out any assistance from His Majesty's Mavy • This should have
a good effect* Saiyid said was for five years at the Mayo
College, Ajmere, and has therefore got a very much better
education than any of his predecessors, and is keen and
intelligent. small in stature and rather insignificant to
looic at, he appears to possess a somewhat quiclc temper - not
at all a bad thing in an Oriental ruler - and tliie will, I
think, make M b resp.oted by hie subjcots. He is therefore
personally vrell qualified to asutuse the reins of gorenusent
and - though it is always dangerous to prophesy in such
matters - he should sake a good mad energetio ruler, unless
the enerrating cliaate in which he is compelled to lire takes
its toll upon him.
8. I therefore reoommend that the Government of India
should accord hla their reoognition as emltan of Museat in the
Place of his father. It will however be necessary to maintain
some measure of control over the finances of the state for many
years to come. rhe ruler will be young and not very experien
ced, and has no competent Arab adrisers. The State still owes
about ...
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Correspondence concerning the abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal]and the accession of his son, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]. The file includes a letter in Arabic (folio 97) from Sultan Taimur with a translation in English, giving reasons as to why he cannot return to Muscat and willingness to accept a reduced subsidy. Correspondence discusses the timing of the abdication and arrangements for Taimur bin Faisal to reside in Ceylon.
Correspondents include Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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. ; Taimur bin Faisal; Said bin Taimur.
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- 1 volume (170 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file. The volume includes a subject index.
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The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . An earlier foliation system, which uses uncircled numbers in the top-right corner of rectos, runs throughout the volume. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 97a. Folio 97 is an inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. .
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- 'Abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal and accession of Sultan Saiyid Said ibn Taimur'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1bv, 2r:2v, 2ar:2bv, 3r:19v, 19ar:19av, 20r, 21r:96v, 97ar, 97r:97v, 97br:97bv, 97av, 98r:169v, back-i, back
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