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File 2768/1913 'Arms traffic: Muscat warehouse; claims of British firms' [71r] (146/645)
The record is made up of 1 file (318 folios). It was created in 11 Jul 1911-14 Dec 1915. It was written in English and French. 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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Ho 179 of 1914
BritlBh Agenoy an4 6onoiilato
Kvaoat the Slot February 1914.
To:-
l'os«re C.H*Laubenb\irg & Co.
P8 0a»bri4g* Street. BlrMimgluiii.
Gertlore» 9
With rofereroo to tha oorreopoatonoo oa41ng with ay latter
Ho 1132, 4at od th© 26th HoTonbor 1913 to your a4dr©ae, I
ohall b© flad If you will inform me as ta th© fallowing.
I umderetand that you dealre me, if peaslble, ta sail the
goods ax SS l, haf»hona" row dotainod ir the tfuaaat State
Warehouse, Tide enclosures to your latter dated the 11th
Sept amber 1915 for the sum/ of £3579.18.9 plus 10j£ profit
£357.19.10 total £3937.18.7 and to remit thip sum to you
lees £706.9.2 to be paid ta Abdul Rahim Jafar am aeocuirt
of deposit. I ash this suestlem because I hare recelyed
a letter from Abdur Rahim Jaffar through His Highness the
Sultan ir which ha asks for the raturm to him of the B*lading
for goods ex SS* Turk!star" and offers in exchange for this
Document to be content with the sum of £227.6.8 to be paid
to him after the sale of the goods ex SS Mashona
As your representative- hr Paolo - was emphatic in his wish
that the
Bill of Lading
A document confirming the goods which a ship has received.
for goads as FS"furkistan" should
not be handed oyer to Abdur Rahim Jafar until I had realized
sufficient money from the sale of these goods to pay you
£3251.9.5 I hays refused to deliver the B # lading in guest ion
until Abdur Rahim Jafar praduoas a letter from you authorising
me to hand it oyer or until the "kaihena" gecds have been
disposed of to an extent suffieient to enable mo to pay you
£3231.9.5. But as Abdul Rahim Jafar soars anxious, if I may
oo exproso it, to buy tho B* lading in oxehango for £479.26
I am doubtful whether thoro has not been soma mistake and
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This file contains letters relating to the sale and shipment of arms and ammunition to Muscat in Oman. The majority of the correspondence is between the British firm of C H Laubenburg and British 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. in Muscat. The letters discuss changes to particular shipments of arms and ammunition as well as disputes and claims on payments due to the arms supplier. Other firms included in the correspondence are that of a W Darlow of Bedford, and Kynoch Limited.
French correspondence in the file is issued from the French Consul in Muscat, Antoine Goguyer or Algerian Merchant Abraham Elbaz.
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- 1 file (318 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 320; 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.
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- File 2768/1913 'Arms traffic: Muscat warehouse; claims of British firms'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:15v, 17r:24v, 28r:29v, 31r:40v, 43r:43v, 45r:47v, 49r:65v, 70r:76v, 78r:83v, 86r:86v, 89r:97v, 99r:102v, 105r:112v, 114r:116v, 118r:124v, 127r:137v, 138ar:138av, 138v:148v, 163r:248v, 250r:254v, 274r:274v, 278r:280v, 282r:282v, 284r:286v, 290r:296v, 308r:319v, back-i
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