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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [80r] (175/426)
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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of 6^. (It is not proposed for the ,resent to apply to
Sur the enhanced tariff, if eventua ly sanctioned.) Shaikh
Isa and the Imam have already acquiesced in this demand
of in other ports supplying the Interior.
into open hostility. At the Lioment they are friendly to
the central government, and have every reason to dislike
the Ban! Bu Ali for the indignities recently heaped .upon
them - see Appendix A. If the Jenab&h once see that the
government is in earnest, they will probably have enough
sense to realize, on the one hand their impotence in the
face of the State’s sea-power (the armed A1 Said), and on
the other their ability to pass on uost of the customs dues
to the tribes of the Interior,
possibilities.
Ox these^ tne least likely to happen is (b). As regards
(.c), the State might perhaps with skilful diplomacy secure
the cooperation of the Jenabah and of th e actual Inhabitants
of Aiqa, the maritime Banl Bu All. The most dangerous
possibility is (a). It la doubtful whether the Amirs of
Ja lan will acquiesce In the government's establishment of
a fortified post In Alqa, yet this la essential if the
Bani 3u Ali are to be prevented from again appointing their
on wall and customs offld als. On the other hand, the
more prepared and the more resolute the tw© governments
are, the smaller the chances of a conflict with the a.m
Bu AH,
(a) During recent years the State of Muscat's hold over
Sur and Its neighbourhood has gradually weakened.
(bj This weakening of control is affecting customs colletlorB
(c) Converting the Jenabah's present semblance of loyalty
11) To sum up.
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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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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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- Hedgcock, S E
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