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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [99r] (215/426)
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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to obtain their freedom, and in such oases of course His
Majesty’s Government are always willing to authorise strong
measures» but I can assure you that there is not the suialiest
chance of their doing so at Sur under present conditions*
>Vhat grounds are there for asking sanction for such
drastic measures? I went there in .August last and the
Bani Bu All climbed down to a certain extant. Saiyid Said
went there in September and, as you yourself say, paid a
successful visit, a salute being fired in his honour and
the Muscat flag hoisted. It cannot be said therefore
that the Bani Bu All have adopted in any way a hostile
attitude: on the contrary they have adopted a conciliatory
attitude. We were both ourselves agreed that the next step
is to try and get in touch with the Shaikh of the Bani Bu
Ali but Saiyid Said’s only idea seems to be to meet him
under the guns of two threatening warships. This does not
seem to me to be the way to bring about a peaceful settle
ment, and at any rate strong measures cannot be adopted
until more peaceful measures have failed. I therefore
suggest that the Muscat authorities should first of all
invite the Shaikh of the Bani Bu Ali to come to Muscat
and talk over things in a friendly way,or if he will not
come himself to send a representative. As far as I am
aware no effort has yet been made to get in touch with him
on these lines. I think incidentally you might hint o
Saiyid Said that his attitude is inconsistent. With one
hand he is trying to cut down the levy Jorps and at the
same time he is appealing to His majesty’s jovcrnaent to
send ships to support the authority of the State. The lact
that Alban was able to go to Sur in 1923 with 3 machine
guns and 150 levies, compose blood feuds, recover 6400
dollars ••••
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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)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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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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- 'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.'
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- 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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