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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [‎74r] (163/426)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1930-31 Dec 1931. 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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Ministry of Finance,
Muscat.
11/2/31.
To tiie 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. and H.M.B.'s Consul,
Muscat.
G-overmaent Control at SUB.
xhe cMei problems at 3ur during recent years bave been
tiiree:
(ci.) Tne clain of the Bani 3u All to Aiqa as an independent port,
(o) The blood feud between the four sections of the Jenabeh,
whien nas enabled the Ban! 3u All to interfere in Sur.
'juggling by the Jenabeh dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. -ovnnns.
a . and (b) are of comparatively recent origin: 1083 and
1913 respectively; (b) was settled in 1930. For many years
pest (c) has been extensively practised, and still is; it has
recently been aggravated by the success of (a). At the moment,
- is a Tree port of the Ban! Bu All, though no foreign flag
iS ^ fl ° r '' n there * Thi3 state a Tfairs may possibly b* dul
to failure on the part of the state of Muscat to follow up and
consolidate the diplomatic results of the 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. 's
last visit to Sur.
- ?ri ° r t0 1933 ’ Mqa Was defin under the administrative
and customs control of the Sovernment of Muscat and Oman. In
7 in ' ,eiJendent ^ the Emirate of Ja'lan. Since then they
-e substantiated t.eir claim to Aiqa. even to the extent

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Correspondence relating to the Amir of Ja'alan and the collection of customs at Sur. Letters discuss the strategy for enforcing customs collection in Sur and the visit in HMS Penzance of Heir Apparent, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], President of the Council of Ministers in order to re-establish Sultanate authority in Sur. Correspondence discusses the constraints on the actual use of British naval power and the preferred use of the Muscat Levies as well as possible use of air power. Includes a hand-drawn map of Sur (folio 87) with discussion of the tribal divisions in the town and of the village of Aiqa inhabited by the Bani Bu Ali.

Correspondents include Air Headquarters, Iraq Command, Hinaidi; Air Ministry, London;Trenchard Craven W. Fowle and Reginald George Alban, 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. ; Foreign Secretary, Government of India; Stuart Edwin Hedgecock, Financial Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Muscat; Saif bin Ali bin Saif [Saif bin ‘Alī bin Saif], Wali of Sur; Iskander, Director-General of Customs, Muscat; 'the people of Aiqa'; Ali bin Abdullah Al Hamudah [‘Alī bin Abdullāh al-Ḥamūdah], Amir of Ja'alan.

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1 volume (203 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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