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'Muscat Tariff' [115r] (242/422)
The record is made up of 1 file (211 folios). It was created in 2 Jun 1933-25 Jun 1937. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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4. We should Tae grateful if you would now ask tlie
Political Hesident on behalf of the Foreign Office for;-
A (1) four certified copies of each of the four notes to the
^ Sultan of the 19th June, 1933 (in the latest of his replies
this date is wrongly quoted as 1934, but this may be ortLy a
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typist's or translator's slip)
(2) four certified copies of 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.
's letter
.5 ^ to the Sultan iro.C/227 of the 22nd October, 1934.
"solsjj ^ -'I! Arabic original of the Sultan's two sets of notes
5ahs« in to the a^ove. It might he well if at the same time
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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.
were asked.
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originals of the Sultan's notes (in case the French, in
particular, ask for them) since it is difficult to get
Arabic copied here,
5. When these have been received we shall be in a
position to send certified copies of the whole correspondence
to the Governments of France, Canada and the Irish Free
State,
6. I am sending copies of this letter to Syers at the
Dominions Office and to Jenkins at the Board of Trade to
whom you have no doubt sent copies of your letter under
reference,
(Sd) G.W.KSNDEL.
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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.
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- 1 file (211 folios)
- Physical characteristics
The foliation sequence commences at the title page 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 and 1B. Foliation omissions: 145 and 148
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- IOR/R/15/1/459
- Title
- 'Muscat Tariff'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:44v, 53v:105v, 109v:144v, 146r:147v, 149r:168v, 170v:206v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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