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'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of' [187r] (383/546)
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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MAni atry of Finance,
muscat,
i1/4/3i.
Hef, our conversation of today, during vlilch I
ooid you tnrr-u I had tendered ajy resignation to tli©
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.
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j-.y reason for tiiis step is tiie divergence of
opinion between one G-over ....i^nt of India and ayself
on trie ais tion of ,.iu :icat ' s finances. The former
SGa-jas to tain*. Uic.t tne financial ..-ositlon is iiuch
losa serious than I h<!ve stated it to be, and a >ar-
-ently for that reason is unwi .ling to make tne
reduction wiilch the Council h-.s asked for in the pay
o. the Levies, At t e s\ ,e ti^ne, it seeiiis to be
exp-w'ot;;d that t v., i tate of luscat should m&k.® cofn*
sidorable reductions in the other auch lower paid
□rancher, of the administration. (3eep.A. f s letter
dated 18/. /3 ;
Froia the outset I realised that the Q-overnciert of
India attac u : ;d mch 1 ^ ortanoe to tne ..maintenance of
an efficient Levy force in Muscat. Hence, in s ;ite cff
suj^estions to the contrary, the Council at my request
agreed taat there should be no reduction in the numbers
of the force; in addition, the budget a proved ^ them
a provision for he long-delayed re-armament
scheme of a sum five times greater than that sanctioned
i.* the £ /i eviou^ j ,, Strictly speaking, the state of
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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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