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'File XXXV/3 Administrative Reforms in Muscat. Appointment of a British Financial Minister to Muscat State (Mr. Bertram S. Thomas) 1924 to 1928' [41r] (81/252)
The record is made up of 1 file (124 folios). It was created in 17 Mar 1924-30 Apr 1928. 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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Muscat
8/3/25.
Al)
My dear Thomas,
The Sultan has got a house for you situated
about 80 yards behind the Consulate and with one house between
us# I have been over the house,which is a comparatively new
one,and when cleaned up will have its possibilities in the
way of being made nice#It has two main rooms on the ground
floor with a stone flagged hall between them#A weird sort of
kitchen place at the end of the hall,and the staircase leading
upstairs# There are also one or two tiny little rooms
as sculleries etc - nasty end unpleasant in their present
state.
Downstair s#
The main rooms are
x2&JbaacX3t 23* #7“ x 17* 9 M 0 lit by circular ’’lunette 1
0 windows,
la’.s" x 17 1 •0” 0
The staircase is rather narrow and not very good#
Upstairs .
Two good rooms,and a black and white tiled centre landing
(above the hall)
18’.4” x 17*.5”
23’.10 x 17’#10”
There is also a kitchen place upstairs and two bathrooms with
tiled floors#
I am having the place cleaned and white washed throughout.
n'l
There is a lot of hori^d coloured glass in the fan lights xfe
above the doors - a regular Arab touch#
0
The bathrooms have the usual Arab ”macb4conlis gallery”latrine
arrangement,and there is rio outside staircase for the sweeper#’
The house being a zenana type house,I suppose.You will have to
get that fixed up on your arrival#
There is no furniture available here,and you should buy it
at Bombay and bring it with you if possible - crockery,lamps,
everything in fact# I have tried to trace the furniture Capt#
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The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters regarding the appointment of Mr Bertram Sidney Thomas as Financial Minister to Muscat State. Before starting his new position at Muscat in April 1925, Thomas worked as an Assistant British Representative to the Palestine Administration in Jerusalem. The correspondence contains copies of the job contract signed between Thomas, members of the Council of Ministers to the Sultan of Oman and Muscat, and the 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. Upon the request of the Sultan, Thomas was given the title of wazir Minister. (minister), and he became a member of the Council of Ministers. The file also contains correspondence regarding the appointment of a replacement to Thomas while he was away on annual leave.
Among other correspondents in the file are the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-General, Bushire, and the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Simla.
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- 1 file (124 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 126; these numbers are written in pencil and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/6/57
- Title
- 'File XXXV/3 Administrative Reforms in Muscat. Appointment of a British Financial Minister to Muscat State (Mr. Bertram S. Thomas) 1924 to 1928'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:28v, 30r:32r, 33r:33v, 37r:42v, 44r:46v, 53r:55v, 58r:58v, 63r:72r, 73r:74r, 75r:77v, 84r:86v, 88r:89v, 91r:98v, 100r:104v, 107r:112v, 114r:117v, 120r:125v, back-i, back
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