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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [98r] (213/426)
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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D.O.N0.253-S of 1931.
British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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Bushire, the llth May 1931«
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Please refer to your letter No#12/K of the 3rd
May 1931, regarding Sur.
Firstly, I must frankly tell you that there is
not the smallest chance of the Government of India or His
Majesty's Government agreeing to send sloops to Sur with
authority to bombard. The days when such authority was
lightly granted are, I am afraid, very definitely past
and it is only possible to obtain permission of this kind
in the event of a definite revolt or of danger to life
and property or in support of the suppression of the slave
trade. As you know it took us one month to get permis
sion to take action at Khassab, and it was then only u iven
after considerable discussions and because there had been
a definite revolt against the authority of the Muscat
State and the life of their tfali was in danger. At
Ras-al-Khaimah I was authorised to seize dhows but al
though the Shaikh's attitude was threatening and the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
gent had been compelled to seek refuge on board
a warship and a complete deadlock had arisen in the
negotiations, the Government of India refused authority
for a ship to knock down an outlying fort. 1 got authority
to issue an ultimatum to dhargah about three months ago
because interference had taken place with slaves attempting
to
J or T.C.W.Fowle,C.B.E.,
>litical Agent,Muscat,
at Karachi.
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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