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Coll 20/26 'Muscat: Coinage of Muscat and Oman' [11r] (21/34)
The record is made up of 1 file (15 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1938-9 Apr 1938. 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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■■MH
1076/1938.
Sir,
With further reference
January regarding your desire
ceming the coinage of Muscat
you that the currency of the country is the Marla Theresa
dollar. This is the only currency accepted in the interior,
but in Muscat and Matrah English sovereigns, Indian currency
notes and
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
are also in use. There are no banks in
Muscat.
2. The above is the only available information in this
Department, but it is suggested that you might find further
sources of information in the
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.
Library.
3. Mr. A.C.B. Symon of the
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.
has expressed
his willingness to give you personal assistance in the
matter/
3nd March, 1938.
to your letter of the 21st
to obtain information con-
and Oman, I have to inform
M. Comencini, Esq
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The file contains letters from a M Comencini, author of Coins of the Modern World 1870-1936 , to the Department of Overseas Trade and the 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. requesting information on the currency and coinage in use in Muscat and Oman and the Indian States. Replies from the two departments are included, giving what information they have and referring Comencini to more appropriate offices.
At the back of the file (folio 16) is a map of Kalat and the Gwadur [Gwadar] region, showing the contested boundaries between the two territories. This has been misfiled and forms an enclosure to Memorandum No. F. 57-BPG/46 from the Government of India, External Affairs Department, dated 12 November 1946.
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- 1 file (15 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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 2-16; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2986
- Title
- Coll 20/26 'Muscat: Coinage of Muscat and Oman'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:12v, 14r:15r, 16r:16v, 15v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence