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'Muscat. Commandant Muscat Levy Corps. Appointment, leave, pay, etc, of.' [181r] (371/463)
The record is made up of 1 volume (226 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1926-25 Nov 1935. It was written in English. 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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GOLOMAL OFFICE,
DOwNIINFG STIIEET, S.W.I.
1006 Proms. S8th June 1935.
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Dear fait on, A
Please refer to your letter P.b.5555/35 of the
30th of Maj about the post of Comm&ndant of the Muscat
Infantry.
Blotter understands from Laithwaite that in his
opinion candidates for the vacancy should be between the
ages of 30 and 35. If those limits are to be strictly
applied, I am afraid that we have no one to suggest who
has any knowledge of Arabic. But, since E.C.H.Alban
(who will be 45 next month) was apparently considered by
Powle to be a suitable selection, it may be worth while
to give you particulars of three people noted here whose
ages are between 35 and 45.
The youngest is Captain .v.E.N.Growdon, who
was employed with the Police in Iraq from 1920 to 1933.
He was born on the ^7th of January 1899; educated at
Torquay Grammar School and the School of Science and
Art, Paignton. From 1914 to 1916 he was articled to a firm
of engineers, and from 1916 to 1919 he served in the
Amy and the Hoyal Air Force. At the time of demobilisation
he held the raak of Flight-Lieutenant; in December 1919,
he entered the Metropolitan Police School (Peel House),
and the following year he was appointed an Assistant
Commissioner of Police in Iraq. He y /as promoted to be
Commandant of Police and later to be Inspecting Officer of
Police; during 1931 he attended the Senior Colonial
Police/
Walton Esq., C.B. ,M.G.
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Correspondence discusses the appointment, leave and pay of the Commandant of the Muscat Levy Corps. Possible candidates were from the Iraq Levies and units of the Indian Army. The Sultan wished to have a young officer with Arabic language skills and experience of working with Arabs. Due to the state of Muscat finances there was uncertainty as to whether to appoint a commandant to the Muscat Levy Corps. Letters discuss the combination of the post of Financial Adviser and Commandant of Muscat Levies to be approved by the State Council and Sayid Sa'id bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]. A further idea is to have a Royal Engineer Sapper Officer who would also be able to advise on the construction of roads and other engineering schemes.
Correspondents include Captain George J Eccles; Captain Allan Robertson Walker; Captain Roderick Lewis O'Connor; Captain F M Booth; Captain Brian Carver Rigden; Captain Dorien Dudley H Johnston; Captain Horation John Hare; Major Reginald Merry; Major Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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; Lieutenant-Colonel 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. ; Saiyid Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman; 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. , London.
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- 1 volume (226 folios)
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Papers are arranged chronologically from front to rear of file.
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Foliation: 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. Circled index numbers in pencil and red crayon can also be found throughout the volume. Foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B; 144 and 144A; 147 and 147. Foliation omissions:141
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- 'Muscat. Commandant Muscat Levy Corps. Appointment, leave, pay, etc, of.'
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- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:125v, 125ar:125av, 126r:140v, 142r:147r, 147ar:147av, 147v:197r, 198r:226v, back-i, back
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