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'File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances' [60r] (127/440)
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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xfote^by Director General of ouatona.
The situation at Soor and other Ports of Oman.
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S00r nerCh ' Xnta ar9 notorious th^ve 8; They are in the habit
of snuggling and they hate paying duty to^ighnesa' (ioverament.
ihere are about eighty big sailing boats in Soor which sail every
dia, ..^d^n, /.ajizioar and other African ports. Shey leave
Soor loaded with dry dates, dry lemons, skins, fish and other
products of Oman and they return to 3oor fully ioaded with rice,
grains, cloth etc. The merchants, who are very clever in smuggling
obtain from India different manifests in na^ae of Foreign Ports
and also obtain a manifest to Soor in which few packages are
entered. They get the goods exported from India in the name of
the Foreign Ports and land** same in Soor at night or they get
landed m Aaja, a Village opposite to Soor, which belongs to
Amir of Ja 'Ian. Boats returning from Busra, ^zibar and Aden
never produce their manifests to the Customs and they get all
the goods in them smuggled. Soor is an Island like and it is
very difficult to guard the whole coast at night and moreover if
the guard diacovera any theft, .uad the matter is reported by the
Local Director there, unfortunately no action is taken. We tried
to get the boats examined aa aoon as they anchor but all our
efforts have gone in vain and Soor people refused entirely to
allow Customs Officials on board and the Goven^ent could not
do any thing in the matter.
The case in the other Ports of 0 nan is not leas than what •
it is in soor. Half the income of soor and nearly one third of
the other Porta are swindled.
ihe only remedy for this is a gun boat which keep on coasting
and by which we shall be able to get all boats examined in the
sea before reaching land. The gun boat will oause a gr9at dea;L
of improvements and keep merchants frightened and obedient to
the Government.
There ia a district in Sahar Division called Shimailiyah
which is the richest district in the State.
It is always given in Contract ^d this year the Land
He venue
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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.
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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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- 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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