Author
an agent.
Publication Date
11 Nov 1931-2 Feb 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
115
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/54
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x00028e
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
11 Nov 1931-2 Feb 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports related to the abdication of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īdi and the succession of his son, Sa‘id bin Taymūr in 1932. The correspondence is concerned with the financial difficulty the abdication will impose, and the resulting procedure the Government of India will adopt in the event of the Sultan persisting in his abdication. After the Government of India’s recognition of the abdication, 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.
, Muscat communicated with the future Sultan, Sa‘id bin Taymur informing him that his father, Taymur, in agreement with the British Government appointed him as his successor to the throne. The announcement of the accession was held during the first day of ‘Id al-Fitr on 10 February 1932.
The correspondence in the volume reports on the announcement of the accession in the presence of members of the ruling family, their positive reaction to the news, and the formal event which took place at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Muscat.
The correspondence includes letters of congratulation sent mainly from 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, and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department. It also includes notification letters which were sent to the French, Dutch and United States Governments announcing the accession of the new Sultan.
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
