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'Muscat-Omani relations' [15r] (37/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (199 folios). It was created in 4 Apr 1932-18 Oct 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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of each bahar of Bier dctes at Sur is ^ 160/200, ("b) the bahar
consists of 6 Band loads and the weight of each ba^ is between
1-6 to 18 Muscat maunds* Two bags makes one camel load and (c)
the amount of customs duty on each load is 1-f,
I may add that the price of Bisr changes and depends upon
the market rate. Its highest price was $ 230 and the lowest was
^ 175/-. If the present price of each bahar is & 160 the cost of
each camel load would be $ 30 and the Customs duty on each load
is £ l-J. Tn this connection I forward herewith a copy of a letter
Ho.1/8/47 dated the 16th ^arch 1932 addressed to me by my late
Financial Adviser.
U. E.
Letter Ko.1/8/47 dated the 16th Harch 1932 from the Financial
Adviser to H.H.the Sultan of Muscat.
A. G.
Reference Sheikh Isa bin Salihjs communication with regard to
Bisr tax at 3ur I have the honour to state as follows:-
The price of each bahar of Bisr was fixed in 1930 at & 210
and the bahar consists of 7 camel loads. The cost of each camel
load is 30 and its Customs duty was fixed at ^ 1-J- by the
agreement of all the merchants at Sur. The Bisr dates which are
imported into Sur are those which are valued at ^ 250 per bahar
at the beginning of the season, but it is regretted that the
<ru.> c—^
price has recently gone down^to the disturbance in India. The
Customs director, Iskandar, who will be ^oing to 3ur at the
be^innin^ of the next season will fix up accorc^in^ to the
circumstances the Customs duty on each bahar of Bisr with the
merchants without ctusin^ any loss to the Government or the
merchants. As to Sheikh Isa*6 statements with regard to the
irregular actions tsken by the brokers at L'atrah, I have not
heard about^Jbefore the receipt of Sheikh Isa^s letter.
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Correspondence discusses relations between Muscat state and the interior of Oman. Since 1920 the Treaty of Sib had regulated the interactions between Muscat on the coast and the interior of Oman under the Imam. The treaty was mediated by Ronald Evelyn Wingate, 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.
Correspondence in 1945 and 1946 discusses Sultan Sa'id bin Taimur's desire to obtain a guarantee of RAF support for any incursion into the interior when the ailing Imam died. Letters from British officials discuss what additional leverage they could gain as a condition of provision of arms and officers.
Correspondents include Shaikh Isa bin Saleh (of Sur); Reginald George Alban, 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.
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- 1 volume (199 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found 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. Foliation errors:1, 1A, 1B and 1C; 88 and 88A; 139 and 139A. Foliation omissions:158
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- IOR/R/15/1/437
- Title
- 'Muscat-Omani relations'
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- front, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:88v, 88ar:88av, 89r:139v, 139ar:139av, 140r:141r, 142r, 141v, 142v:143r, 144r, 143v, 144v:157v, 159r:200v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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