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'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of' [111r] (231/546)
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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not been customary in the past for e regul &r budget to be
brought before the Council each year end readily agreed to the
suggestion that the Council should not incur expenditure not
provided for in the budget without the concurrence of the
Financial Adviser provided the latter was iimilsrly bound, and
mentioned that in the past sclaries had been raised and other
expenditure incurred without reference to the Council.
7. in discussing the matter however with the heir
apparent and rhaikh i -ubeir, T made one stipulation, and that
was that the Council should not have power to reduce expen
diture on the Levy Corps without prior gpnsultation with the
Political Aitent . I pointed out to them that in the peet the
Government of India had been called on to defend the State
against outside aggressions. ven so lately as last .April
they had solicited the support of the Pritiah Government
againfct their rebellious subject, the Shaikh of KhaaSAb.
told them that so long es the <5tate had to look to the
British Government for protection and support the British
Government had on their side, in my opinion, the right to
demand that the state should contribute their share toward®
their own defence ana the maintenance of order in their own
territories. This they were doing by maintaining the Levy
Corps, which was adequate for the defence of MUecat and
MUttra agsinst everything except a general rising in the
interior and ought to be able to deal with minor distur*
bances occurring within areas within which the writ of the
Muscfit State runs.
8, T am addressing to the Government of India a
separate despatch regarding the general policy to be pursued
in connection with the Levy Corps in the future and am
recommending thet instead of the somewhat haphazard fashion
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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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