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'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of' [23r] (53/546)
The record is made up of 1 volume (273 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1927-27 Apr 1930. 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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ConflAential .
D.O. «o. 180-S .
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BritiBh Reoidency and Cojisulate-ueneral,
Bub hire, 16 th April 1930.
My dear Howell,
I forward herewith a copy of a demi-official
letter I have received frem Murphy about rhotrns.
I do not want you to take any action on it
at present, but 1 should like to place ray views on
record and uiscuss the raatter with you when 1 come to
Simla; and I am Bending it on ahead as you may perhaps
wish to glance through papers regarding him in your
office and give the matter a little consideration
before 1 arrive.
.1 do not know Thomas well, neither have
I seen a great deal of his work, but what I bave seen
has not impressed me with his suitability for that
particular post.
He is an ardent «^plorer, a very fine musician,
a good Arabifi scholar and in man^ ways a brilliant
man: he however is impatient of control, and has uo
ftdea of keeping slightly in the back-ground and
encouraging the Arabs to run the Btate on their own
lines, and as Murphy points out he has reduced the
Council to a farce and refuses to put it on a wider
basis. He has, I think, little inclination for hum
drum routine and the details of administration. The
finances
F. B. HOWELL, JIBa C.B.I.,
WOmim BKCRKTAKY TO THK fiOVKKHMT N*:' 01? INDIA,
SIMLA.
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Most of the correspondence relates to the appointment of a Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. Letters discuss Bertram Thomas role as Financial Adviser and his replacement by Stuart Edwin Hedgcock. Also discussed is Thomas' crossing of the Rub al Khali; possible recruitment of British officers in Iraq; proposals that Captain Robin Williams George Stephens should act as Financial Adviser; other topics include the Sultan of Muscat's [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] visit to Europe and improvements of the customs administration at Sur.
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- 1 volume (273 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order. The file also has an index at the front.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 4-251; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Foliation errors: 3 and 3A; 94 and 94A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/452
- Title
- 'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:93v, 94ar:94av, 94r:267v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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