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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [44r] (103/426)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1930-31 Dec 1931. 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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No.K/ lij of 1930.
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
& Consulate t Muscat.
Recess Office at Karachi.
23rd September 1930.
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Major T.C.Fowle, C.B.S.,
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.
& H.B.M’s Consul, Muscat.
To,
The Secretary to the Hon*ble the
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire*
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter No.416-S of 16th August 1930.
2. I am glad to note that the Hon’ble the
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.
,
in his letter to Government, confirmed the views I had pre
viously expressed to him with regard to the policy of composing
the differences of the Jenebeh (my letter No.K/l of 28th July
para 5)^and of there being no necessity for action on our part
at Sur at present (my letter No.83-C of 6th July para 6).
3. I have taken the opportunity of Mr. Thomas’s presence
here to discuss the matter of Sur Customs with him, and enclose
herewith a copy of a D.O. letter which he has addressed to me
on the subject. It will be seen that with regard to exports,the
taxes on dates and fish,(practically the only commodities sent
out of the port),are considerably less than those taken else
where in the State i.e. at Batinah and Gwadur respectively,
the reason being that Sur is distinctly less under control than
of
either/these areas. Mfc. Thomas is of opinion that to raise
the duty on these commodities to the same flat rate as else
where would probably require force, or a threat of it, from
H.M’s Government. He thinks that some increase could be made,
Subject:- Sur
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Correspondence relating to the Amir of Ja'alan and the collection of customs at Sur. Letters discuss the strategy for enforcing customs collection in Sur and the visit in HMS Penzance of Heir Apparent, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], President of the Council of Ministers in order to re-establish Sultanate authority in Sur. Correspondence discusses the constraints on the actual use of British naval power and the preferred use of the Muscat Levies as well as possible use of air power. Includes a hand-drawn map of Sur (folio 87) with discussion of the tribal divisions in the town and of the village of Aiqa inhabited by the Bani Bu Ali.
Correspondents include Air Headquarters, Iraq Command, Hinaidi; Air Ministry, London;Trenchard Craven W. Fowle and 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; Hugh Vincent Biscoe, 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. ; Foreign Secretary, Government of India; Stuart Edwin Hedgecock, Financial Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Muscat; Saif bin Ali bin Saif [Saif bin ‘Alī bin Saif], Wali of Sur; Iskander, Director-General of Customs, Muscat; 'the people of Aiqa'; Ali bin Abdullah Al Hamudah [‘Alī bin Abdullāh al-Ḥamūdah], Amir of Ja'alan.
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- 1 volume (203 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 system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio.
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- Title
- 'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1dv, i-r:i-v, 1er:1ev, 3r:10v, 11ar:11bv, 12r:13v, 14ar:14bv, 15r:35v, 36ar:36bv, 37r:73v, 81v:86v, 88r:88v, 89v, 90ar:90bv, 91r:116v, 119v:173v, 174v, 176v:182v, 183v:203v, 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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