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'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of' [169r] (347/546)
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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did not return to Kuscat until the 6th March. ..hat maKTs
Mr. Thorns' action all the more grave is the fact that the
Uuscat State, to v ,hich Mr. Thomas was Financial Adviser,
was m a anTicult financial position, ana that a new
Financial Adviser was due to taJce over from Mr. Thomas at
the end of December*
o. Tnat i..r. 1 nomas has no explanation for his conduct
can be seen from the copies of the correspondence between
us attached herewith. All he can say is that he was
My letter to Mr. Thomas dated 8.2.51. J delayed in his
Mr, Thomas* reply dated 9-3-31.
My reply dated 9-3-31. ^ 0 ™ x.
Er.Thomas* final letter dated 13-3-31,' ^^ -x.ar
and en route
' u...rough circumstancea outside his control". What was well
wimin his control was his leaving Ihofar for the Huba-al-
-i-a-i instead ol for his post at Muscat.
J * si'hat . r. Chomas' letter ci 9 th harch does reveal is
tne lact that when he went to Dhofar he intended to make
his desert journey. His statement "when I left Muscat I
did so in the belief that I would accomplish my journey
and be oack aoout the time of the arrival of my successor"
cannot possibly be accepted. (Though in any case it is
something of a side issue). Nobody knows better than Mr.
Thomas the delays attendant even on an ordinary camel trip
in Arabia, much more on a journey of exploration such as
ne contemplated. He did not arrive at Phofar till about
the middle of October, and could not have counted on
getting his Arabs cl nd camels together ready to start till
early November. His actual journey from Dhofar across the
desert and back to Muscat took him 3 months, (from aboxz^t
xOth December to 7th March), and this - allowing for
inevitable delays - v^as quick travelling. .;hen he left
luscat therefore he could not have counted on getting
back to his post before early February, his successor
- as he knew well - being due at the end of December» p ^
10. That Mr. Thomas performed a courageous and brilliant
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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