Author
Watts
Publication Date
2 Jun 1933-25 Jun 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
211
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/459
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0001b0
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
2 Jun 1933-25 Jun 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence relating to negotiations over revisions in the tariff questions relating to the proposed tarrif treaty with Muscat. Includes correspondence relating to negotiations with France, United States, Irish Free State and Canada. Arabic terminology is discussed relating to alcohol and tobacco and the Sultan's understanding of specific terms in English relating to alcohol such as "under proof". Also contains a number of letters in Arabic with translations in English from Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; a few letters in French from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the British Embassy, Muscat.
An annex to the file (35/146) consists of printed confidential letters, 1929-1930, relevant to the finances of the sultanate.
Correspondents include Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; Percy Gordon Loch,
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.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts,
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; Major Claude Edward U Bremner,
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; John Charles Walton,
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.
, Whitehall. Alfred Wiseman, Dominions Office, London; Maurice J Clauson,
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.
, London.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 35/146 III Confidential Series: A 73
