Author
an agent.
Publication Date
9 Sep 1920-6 Jun 1932 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
222
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/53
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x00028d
Library Location
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.
Date
9 Sep 1920-6 Jun 1932 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, 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.
, Bushire, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, New Delhi, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taymur bin Fayṣal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi regarding the latter’s abdication and the financial consequences of it.
A few issues were discussed in the correspondence, among which were the following:
the length of the Sultan’s stay in Muscat and India each year
allowing the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to hold the house at Dehra Dun, India, in his own name
the establishment of the Council of Ministers in Muscat in 1920
the appointment of a new financial advisor to the Sultan instead of Bertram Thomas
the consequences of the abdication to the Sultan’s three sources of incomes, namely: the Zanzibar subsidy, the Arms Traffic subsidy, and his personal allowance from the Muscat State
the financial situation in Muscat and its reflection on the Sultan’s personal allowance
the reduction of the Sultan’s monthly allowance from Rs. 10000 to Rs. 5000
the Sultan’s refusal to return to Muscat
the arrangement of meetings of British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to discuss the issue of abdication
reports on Saiyid Sa‘id bin Taymur’s illness in 1931
The majority of the correspondence is dated 1929-1932, the earlier start date given to the file is due to translated letters (ff 16-17) of the Sultan regarding the establishment of the Council of Ministers in Muscat in 1920.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Subject Files: File XXXIII/11B
