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Coll 20/40 'Muscat: Sultan's request for appointment of a British Officer as Adviser to undertake improvements at Gwadur' [127r] (254/379)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 15 May 1945-8 May 1948. 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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British Adviser for the Sultan of Muscat
The Sill tan asked us to find him an Adviser as long ago
as April, 19459 (see Ext*2240/45)• We offered him Colonel
Atanllah of the but the Sultan turned him down and we
have recently had to try again. We have now had a negative reply
from Colonel Aston,late of the Political Advisory staff in Iraq,
whom we tried at the suggestion of Sir K.Cornwallis, and have
had from the Colonial Office the suggestion of Mr*W.H. Ingrams
(see Colonial Office letter at Ext*452^4^). We also recently
asked Colonel Bertram Thomas to let us know if he came across
any suitable candidate in the Middle East.
As regards Mr.Ingrams, although he is a distinguished
Arabist I gather that as an administrator he is a square peg in
a round hole and probably would not fit into the Job (this is
the advice of the Foreign Office and I have heard the opinion
from other sources). It seems to me that the most likely field
would be some officer of the I.P. S. who does not see many further
prospects in that Service (e*g* Major Hickinbotham, present
P.A. Kalat and a former
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, who is very much
1 persona grata with the Sultan and who would, I understand, be
'very willing to accept the appointment of Adviser)* It is however
rather difficult to put this to the Government of India in an
official letter®
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Correspondence relating to the effort to find a suitable officer to fill the role of adviser to the Sultan of Muscat, as requested by the Sultan himself. The papers cover the discussion over the requirements of the role, terms of service, and the long search for a suitable candidate, spanning over three years. Wilfred Thesiger is one of the most discussed candidates and correspondence from him is contained in the file. Other correspondents include officials at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat, the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. (later the Commonwealth Relations Office), the Resident Minister at Cairo, the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the Government of India (External Affairs Department), the Burma Office, and the British Legation in Amman. Correspondence from Kinahan Cornwallis and Bertram Thomas, who were asked for their views on possible candidates, is also included.
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- 1 file (185 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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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 198; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 20/40 'Muscat: Sultan's request for appointment of a British Officer as Adviser to undertake improvements at Gwadur'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:7v, 8v:29v, 30v:34v, 35v:36v, 37v:38v, 41r:67v, 70r:79v, 82r:85v, 88r:133v, 136r:150v, 153r:188v, back-i, back
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