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'File 8/29 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ACTIVITIES OF SAIYID TAIMUR BIN FAISAL' [8r] (15/130)
The record is made up of 1 file (63 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1936-20 Feb 1946. 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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G uC • • • •
on a commission agent’s business in Bombay with bis
brothers for some years past. He holds passport Ho.
926552 dated 4.2.35 issued at Bombay endorsed fbr
China, Japan and India.
Following on this, a somewhat cryptic postcard
addressed by C. Bianchi, an Italian Confectioner in
Shanghai, to S.H. Moualim, Bombay, seen in secret
censorship came to notice in September 1935. efforts
to elucidate it, however, have failed.
Alsaid left Shanghai on his return journey
from Japan on 7.8.35 by the B.~. "Conteverde" along
with Moalim and reached Singapore on 13.8.35 where he
disembarked while Moalim went straight on to Bombay.
Alsaid stated that he intended to reside in Singapore
for a year and rented a house in Singapore and at the
same time requested the police not to divulge his
incognito.
Subsequent to this a number of letters from and
to T.F.T. Alsaid were seen incensorship. They
referred among other things, to the despatch of money
to the extent of 4000 dollars from i.ouAiim in Bombay tj
Alsaid in Singapore. The money is believed to have
been paid by the present Sultan of Muscat to Moualim
to be passed on to his father. It appeared from the
correspondence that the Sultan of Muscat, his father
Sir Sayid Taimur Bin Faisal, the ex-sultan alias '
T.F.T. Alsaid, Saleh Hayim Moalim who accompanied
Alsaid to Japan and Mr. Shabily, s/o Khan Bahadur a.
ShabBy, Chief Secretary to the Sultan of Muscat and v
some others were carrying on business in tea, match b03
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This file relates to the activities of Sir Sayid Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Sa‘īd], former Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
The correspondence reports on the ex-Sultan's business interests and on his travels under the alias T F T Al Said. Most of the correspondence covers the period 1943-1946 and concerns arrangements for Sayid Taimur bin Faisal's visits to Muscat. There is no material covering the period 1937-1939.
Notable correspondents include the following: 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. and Consul, Muscat; 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; officials of the Government of India's Foreign and Political (later External Affairs) Department.
The Arabic language material consists of correspondence received by 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. from the Sultan (English translations are also present).
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- 1 file (63 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at 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 65; 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/6/217
- Title
- 'File 8/29 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ACTIVITIES OF SAIYID TAIMUR BIN FAISAL'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:20v, 22r:27v, 29r:31v, 33r:37v, 39r:44v, 47r:47v, 49r:57v, 59r:64v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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