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'Abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal and accession of Sultan Saiyid Said ibn Taimur' [45r] (99/354)
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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3
1931,
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
& H.B.M 1 s Consulate,
Muscat,the i5th December 1931.
To
The Hon^ble tlie
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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SUBJKGT:- Saiyid Said 1 s accession to the throne •
Meinoranduin .
Heferenc® our conversation on the above subject
with Saiyid Said the following procedure was agreed upon.
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!• The formal letter according His Hajesty f s Government
sanction to uaiyid Said's accession will be v^ritten by you
and le 11 with me. When I hear from you I will present this
letter to Saiyid Said.
H. On receipt of this letter Saiyid Said will be
^-n-throned at a ceremony at which his uncles and other notables
of Muscat will be present. On this occasion he will read
this letter to his uncles etc as well as the one from his
to him
father/appointing him as his successor which you have seen.
SA'fV f ^ '
3. Saiyid Said will then write to me xk *^y do iy g> • tra-xy^
in terms of his fathers letter, when the
latter ascended the throne in 1913, amended as
attached. He will request His Majesty^ Government as there
are no other foreign representatives in Muscat,tm inform
r*
the other Powers with whom he has treaty relations, i.e.
France, America and Holland,of his accession.
4. I will then call on Saiyid Said and offer my
congratulations.
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/446
- Title
- '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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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