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'File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances' [9r] (21/440)
The record is made up of 1 volume (217 folios). It was created in 24 Aug 1924-31 Dec 1927. 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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Ruling family will result in a slight savins on that item.
Sayud Saeed has not spent auite as much up till now as
usual and the administrative oharges show a decrease of
over Es.1,000 due mainly to Sahar teing differently account
-ed for as explained ahove.
Customs contingencies are down at present "by a con-
-siderahle sum due mainly to repairs to Buildings not
having Iseen carried out; Military expenditure shows a
saving of Es.8,000 - in part due to the saving on the
Commandant' s pay during the period between Captain Allan's
departure and the arrival of Captain Eccles and partly to
less capital expenditure during the first half of the
year on eauipment etc.for the Muscat Infantry. There a is
also a small saving on the pay of the personnel as numbers
have "been cut down to nearly two hundred.
Miscellaneous and Sahar Doth show up "badly.The re-
-marls on these items as appeared on the revenue side
apply tier© also,
Zakat claims have "been extinguished and this item
will not appear in futureo
The Police sch'me has fallen through and will not he
A-. -
proceeded with for the present#
5. The position under the prevailing conditions is
not too unsatisfactory hut as the statements show we are
1 iving ^from' hand to mouth and the effect of abolishing
the post of Financial Adviser has not yet "been felt.
The Minister of -Finance ,Sayed Mahomed "bin Hamad is oom-
-pletely illiterate and any accurate arithmetical state-
-msnt is entirely heyond him hut 1 have had considerable
assistance from Islander Bffendi the Egyptian Director
of Customs and also from Syed Liaaat Ali the Treasury
Officer, The former has "been a tower of strength since
he "became Director and it is safe to say that without
his energy and pro"bity of character the entire cusyOm^
fabric,and with it the main revenue of the State,would
collapse*
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Correspondence relating to the reform of customs and finance at Muscat. Includes the contract of the Financial Adviser, Bertram Thomas and the financial statements he prepared for the state of Muscat.
Correspondents include Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, 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. ; Bertram Thomas, Finance Minister, State of Muscat; Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal], Sultan of Muscat; Major Gerald Patrick Murphy, 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; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 volume (217 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
There is one incomplete foliation sequence and one complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 217, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Anomalies: f 22A; f 26A.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/419
- Title
- 'File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:22v, 22ar:22av, 23r:26v, 26ar:26av, 27r:215v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence